UNIVERSITY  OF  CALIFORNIA 

AT   LOS  ANGELES 


GIFT  OF 


ARTHUR  D.  BUZBY,  C-  E. 


ARTHUR  D.  BUZBY,  C.  E 


PUBLIC  DOCUMENT  .... 


....  No.  57. 


FIFTH  ANNUAL  REPORT 


METROPOLITAN   WATER  AND 
SEWERAGE  BOARD. 


JANUARY    1,    1906. 


BOSTON : 
WRIGHT   &  POTTER  PRINTING    CO.,   STATE   PRINTERS, 

18  POST  OFFICE  SQUARE. 
1906. 


APPROVED  BY 
THE  STATE  BOARD  OF  PUBLICATION. 


CONTENTS. 


PAOR 

I.    Organization  and  Administration, 1 

(1)  Board,  Officers  and  Employes, 1 

(2)  Offices  and  Buildings 3 

(3)  Conveyancing 4 

II.    Metropolitan  Water  District, ,   .  „   .    „  . .      .        .       .  5 

III.  Water  Works,  Construction .    ,   f       .       «•     •       «  •      * 

(1)  Wachueett  Dam  and  Reservoir 5 

(a)  Wachnsett  Dam, 5 

(6)  Wachusett  Reservoir 7 

(c)  Forestry 8 

(f/)  Location,  Construction  and  Discontinuance  of  Roads, 9 

(«)  Relocation  of  Central  Massachusetts  Railroiid, 10 

(/)  Clinton  Catholic  Cemetery 11 

(2)  Improvement  of  Spot  Pond  Brook, 11 

f3)  Police  Protection 11 

(4)  Acquisition  of  Lands  and  Lnnd  Settlements 12 

(5)  Claims  and  Settlements  for  Loss  of  Business 16 

(6)  Claims  and  Settlements  for  Loss  of  Employment, 17 

(7)  Claims  afid  Settlements  for  Depreciation  of  Real  Estate, 17 

(8)  Claims  on  Account  of  Diversion  of  Water 18 

IV.  Water  Works,  Maintenance 18 

(1)  Operation  of  Works, 18 

(2)  Storage  Reservoirs 19 

(3)  Distributing  Reservoirs 21 

(4)  Aqueducts 22 

(5)  Pumping  Stations 23 

(6)  Pipe  Lines  and  Pipe  Yards, .                                        24 

(7)  Sewerage  and  Filtration  Works '.'..'.'.       .       .  25 

(a)  Clinton  Sewerage  Works 25 

(6)  Marlborough  Brook  Filter-beds 25 

(c)  Pegan  Brook  Filtration  Works,        .                25 

(8)  Sanitary  Work  and  Regulations, 26 

(9)  Quality  of  the  Water "   j  »-      .     "  .        .        .        •  29 

(10)  The  Water  Supply 3° 

V.    Water  Works,  Financial  Statement 32 

(1)  Metropolitan  Water  Loans,  Receipts  and  Payments, 32 

(2)  Issues  of  Metropolitan  Water  Loan  Bond? 33 

(3)  Metropolitan  Water  Loan  Sinking  Fund, 34 

(4)  Annual  Assessments  and  Receipts, 34 

(5)  Distribution  to  Cities  and  Towns  of  Sums  received  from  Water  furnished  to  Other 

Municipalities 35 

(6)  Expenditures  for  the  Different  Works 35 

(7)  Detailed  Financial  Statement  under  Metropolitan  Water  Act, 

(a)  Expenditures  and  Disbursements 39 

(6)  Receipts, 45 

(c)  AsBets 47 

(d)  Liabilities 47 

VI.    Metropolitan  Sewerage  Works «...  49 

(1)  North  Metropolitan  System,  Construction, 60 

(2)  South  Metropolitan  System,  Construction, 50 

(3)  Settlements  for  Real  Estate * 5l 

(4)  North  Metropolitan  System,  Maintenance, 82 

(5)  South  Metropolitan  System,  Maintenance,         ........       r  &3 


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PAGE 

VII.    Sewerage  Works,  Financial  Statement, .55 

(1)  Metropolitan  Sewerage  Loans,  Receipts  and  Payments, M 

(a)  North  Metropolitan  System, 56 

(ft)  South  Metropolitan  System, 56 

(2)  Issues  of  Metropolitan  Sewerage  Loan  Bonds 57 

(3)  Metropolitan  Sewerage  Loans  Sinking  Fund 59 

(4)  Annual  Appropriations,  Receipts  and  Expenditures 59 

(5)  Annual  Assessments 60 

(6;  Expenditures  for  the  Different  Works 80 

(7)  Detailed  Financial  Statement,             .     - 61 

(a)  Expenditures  and  Disbursements 61 

(6)  Receipts,       ...»    x  ...        .        .        .       T     .       .       .       .        .  64 

(c)  Assets, 65 

(d)  Liabilities, 65 

VIII.    Consumption  of  Water M 

IX.    Electrolysis 68 

X.    Moth  Suppression <W 

XI.    Apportionment  of  Annual  Assessment  for  the  South  Metropolitan  Sewerage  System,         .  ft 

XII.    Recommendations  for  Additional  Water  Loans  and  Other  Legislation 72 

Xllf.    Extensions  of  the  Metropolitan  Sewers  in  the  North  and  South  Metropolitan  Districts,       .  79 

XIV.    Future  Work ft 


Report  of  the  Chief  Engineer, 84 

Organization, 84 

Arrangement  of  Report f              86 

Construction, . 86 

Contracts, 86 

Dam  and  Reservoir  Department, 87 

WachnsettDam 87 

North  Dike 94 

South  Dike 95 

Relocation  and  Construction  of  Roads 96 

Removal  of  Soil 98 

Relocation  of  Railroads, 101 

Improving  Wachusett  Watershed 103 

Forestry 103 

Engineering 105 

Cement  Tests 105 

Sudbury  and  Distribution  Departments 106 

Office  Force 106 

Accidents 107 

Maintenance '       .  107 

Rainfall  and  Yield, 107 

Storage  Reservoirs 108 

Sources  from  which  Water  has  been  taken 113 

Aqueducts 114 

Wachusett, 114 

Sudbnry, 114 

Cochituate 115 

Weston, 115 

Pumping  Stations, 118 

Chestnut  Hill  High  Service 117 

Chestnut  Hill  Low  Service 118 

Spot  Pond 119 

West  Roxbury 120 

Arlington ^ 120 

Consumption  of  Water,         ......        ,~ 121 

Quality  of  the  Water 126 

Biological  Laboratory, *  .        .  126 

Sanitary  Inspection .126 


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Report  of  the  Chief  Engineer  —  Concluded. 

Maintenance  —  Concluded.  PAOK 

Drainage  of  Swamps 136 

Distributing  Reservoirs 135 

Weston  Reservoir,   .                135 

Chestnut  Hill  Reservoir, 135 

Waban  Hill  Reservoir 136 

Forbes  Hill  Reservoir  and  Standpipe 136 

Spot  Pond, 136 

Mystic  Reservoir 187 

Fells  and  Bear  Hill  Reservoirs 137 

Arlington  Standpipe 137 

Mystic  Lake 138 

Pipe  Lines 138 

Metered  Connections 139 

Electrolysis, 139 

Clinton  Sewerage 143 


Report  of  Engineer  of  Sewerage  "Works 146 

Organization, 146 

Metropolitan  Sewerage  Districts, 147 

Areas  and  Populations, 147 

Metropolitan  Sewers, 148 

Sewers  purchased  and  constructed  and  their  Connections 148 

Cost  of  Construction 149 

Pumping  Stations  and  Pumpage 150 

Construction 161 

South  Metropolitan  System 151 

Grading  at  Nut  Island  and  Vicinity, 151 

Quincy  Force  Main, 152 

Grading  about  Ward  Street  Station 152 

Reversal  of  Grade  at  the  Lower  End  of  the  Charles  River  Main  Sewer 164 

Maintenance 155 

Scope  of  Work  and  Force  Employed 155 

North  Metropolitan  System  (Table), 156 

South  Metropolitan  System  (Table), 157 

Whole  Metropolitan  System  (Table), 158 

Capacity  and  Results, 159 

North  Metropolitan  System, 159 

Deer  Island  Pumping  Station, 159 

East  Boston  Pumping  Station 180 

Charlestown  Pumping  Station 161 

Alewife  Brook  Pumping  Station '.       .'   •    . .  -     ,;-      .        .  162 

South  Metropolitan  System 163 

Ward  Street  Pumping  Station, 163 

Quincy  Pumping  Station, 164 

Nut  Island  Screen  House, ' 165 

Cost  of  Pumping, 165 

Deer  Island  Station 165 

East  Boston  Station ..165 

Charlestown  Station, 166 

Alewife  Brook  Station 166 

Ward  Street  Station 166 

Quincy  Station 167 

Care  of  Special  Structures 167 

Overflow  at  Maiden, 167 

Material  Intercepted  at  the  Screens,  North  Metropolitan  System, 167 

South  Metropolitan  Outfalls 168 

Additional  Pumps  at  Quincy  Station ' 168 

Material  Intercepted  at  the  Screens,  South  Metropolitan  System,   .,,,.,  168 


vi  CONTENTS. 

PAGE 

Appendix  No.  1.  — Contracts  relating  to  the  Metropolitan  Water  Works  made  and  pending  daring 

the  Year  1905, 170 

Appendix  No.  2.—  Cement  Teats  made  on  the  Metropolitan  Water  Works 175 

Appendix  No.  3. — Tables  relating  to  the  Maintenance  of  the  Metropolitan  Water  Works,  .  .  178 
Table  No.  1.  — Monthly  Rainfall  in  Inches  at  Various  Places  on  the  Metropolitan  Water 

Works  in  1905 178 

Table  No.  2.—  Rainfall  in  Inches  at  Jefferson,  Mass.,  in  1905 179 

Table  No.  3.  —  Rainfall  in  Inches  at  Framingham,  Mass.,  in  1905 180 

Table  No.  4.  — Rainfall  In  Inches  at  Chestnut  Hill  Reservoir  in  1905, 181 

Table  No.  5.  —  Rainfall  in  Inches  on  the  Wachusett  Water»hed,  1897  to  1905,  ....  183 

Table  No.  6.  —  Rainfall  in  Inches  on  the  Sudbnry  Watershed,  1875  to  1905 184 

Table  No.  7.  — Yield  of  the  Wachusett  Watershed  in  Gallons  per  Day  per  Square  Mile  from 

1897  to  1905 185 

Table  No.  8.—  Yield  of  the  Sudbury  Watershed  in  Gallons  per  Day  per  Square  Mile  from 

1875  to  1905 186 

Table  No.  9.  —  Wachusett  System.  —  Statistics  of  Flow  of  Water,  Storage  and  Rainfall  in 

1905 189 

Table  No.  10.  -  Sudbnry  System.—  Statistics  of  Flow  of  Water,  Storage  and  Rainfall  in  1905,  190 
Table  No.  11.  —  Cochitnate  System.  —  Statistics  of  Flow  of  Water,  Storage  and  Rainfall  in  1905,  191 
Table  No.  12.  — Elevations  of  Water  Surfaces  of  Reservoirs  above  Boston  City  Base  at  the 

Beginning  of  Each  Month 192 

Table  No.  13.  —  Average  Daily  Quantity  of  Water  flowing  through  Aqueducts  in  1905,  by 

Months 193 

Table  No.  14.  —  Statement  of  Operations  of  Engines  Nos.  1  and  2  at  Chestnut  Hill  High-service 

Pumping  Station  for  the  Year  1905 194 

Table  No.  15.  —  Statement  of  Operations  of  Engine  No.  3  at  Chestnut  Hill  High-service  Pump- 
ing Station  for  the  Year  1905 195 

Table  No.  16.  —  Statement  of  Operations  of  Engine  No.  4  at  Chestnut  Hill  High-service  Pump- 
ing Station  for  the  Year  1905,  196 

Table  No.  17.  —  Statement  of  Operations  of  Engines  Nos.  5,  6  and  7  at  Chestnut  Hill  Lo  w  -service 

Pumping  Station  for  the  Year  1905, 197 

Table  No.  18.  — Statement  of  Operations  of  Engines  Nos.  8  and  9  at  Spot  Pond  Pumping  Station 

for  the  Year  1905 198 

Table  No.  19.  —Average  Daily  Consumption  of  Water  in  Cities  and  Towns  supplied  Wholly  or 

in  Part  by  the  Metropolitan  Water  Works 199 

Table  No.  20.  —  Average  Dally  Consumption  of  Water  from  the  Low-service  System,  .  .  199 
Table  No.  21.  — Average  Daily  Consumption  of  Water  from  the  High-service  and  Extra  High- 

service  Systems, 200 

Table  No.  22.  —  Average  Daily  Consumption  of  Water  in  Cities  and  Towns  supplied  from 

Metropolitan  Works,  as  measured  by  Ventnri  Meters  in  1905,  ...  201 
Table  No.  23. —Consumption  of  Water  in  the  Metropolitan  Water  District,  as  constituted  in 

the  Year  1905,  the  Town  of  Swampscott  and  a  Small  Section  of  the  Town 

of  Saugui,  from  1893  to  1905 204 

Table  No.  24.  —  Chemical  Examinations  of  Water  from  the  Wachnsett  Reservoir,  Clinton,  .  205 
Table  No.  25.  —  Chemical  Examinations  of  Water  from  the  Sndbury  Reservoir,  ...  206 

Table  No.  26.  —Chemical  Examinations  of  Water  from  Spot  Pond,  Stonebam 207 

Table  No.  27. -Chemical  Examinations  of  Water  from  Lake  Cochituate, 208 

Table  No.  28.  —  Chemical  Examinations  of  Water  from  a  Faucet  at  the  State  House,  Boston,  .  209 
Table  No.  29.  —  Averages  of  Examinations  of  Water  from  Various  Parts  of  the  Metropolitan 

Water  Works  in  1905 210 

Table  No.  30.  — Chemical  Examinations  of  Water  from  a  Fancet  in  Boston  from  1892  to  1905,  .  212 
Table  No.  31.  — Colors  of  Water  from  Various  Parts  of  the  Metropolitan  Water  Works  in  1905,  213 
Table  No.  32.— Temperatures  of  Water  from  Various  Parts  of  the  Metropolitan  Water  Works 

in  1905 214 

Table  No.  33.  —  Temperatures  of  the  Air  at  Three  Stations  on  the  Metropolitan  Water  Works 

in  1905 215 

Table  No.  34.  — Table  showing  Length  of  Main  Lines  of  Water  Pipes  and  Connections  owned 

and  operated  by  Metropolitan  Water  and^  Sewerage  Board,  and  Number  of 

Valves  set  in  Same * 216 

Table  No.  35,  —  Statement  of  Cast-iron  Hydrant,  Blow-off  and  Drain  Pipes  owned  and  operated 

by  Metropolitan  Water  and  Sewerage  Board 216 

Table  No-  36. —  Length  of  Water  Pipes,  Four  Inches  in  Diameter  and  Larger,  in  the  Several 

Cities  and  Towns  supplied  by  the  Metropolitan  Water  Works,      .       ,       .217 


CONTENTS.  vii 

Appendix  No.  3  —  Concluded,  PAOB 

Table  No.  37.  -  Number  of  Service  Pipes,  Meteri  and  Fire  Hydrants  In  the  Several  Cities  and 

Towns  supplied  by  the  Metropolitan  Water  Works, 218 

Table  No.  38.  —  Average  Maximum  and  Minimum  Monthly  Heights,  in  Feet,  above  Boston 

City  Base,  to  which  Water  rose,  at  Different  Stations  on  the  Metropolitan 

Water  Works 219 

Appendix  No.  4.  — Water  Works  Statistics  for  the  Year  1905 221 

Appendix  No.  5. —Special  Regulations  of  the  Metropolitan  Water  and  Sewerage  Board  relating 

to  Boating  and  Fishing  in  the  Waters  of  Lake  Cochituate 224 

Appendix  No.  6.  —  Contracts  relating  to  the  Metropolitan  Sewerage  Works,  made  and  pending 

during  the  Year  1905 226 

Appendix  No.  7.  —South  Metropolitan  Sewerage  System  —  Report  and  Award,  ....  227 
Appendix  No.  8.  —  Legislation  of  the  Year  1905  affecting  the  Metropolitan  Water  and  Sewerage 

Board .233 


LIST  OF  ILLUSTRATIONS. 

General  View  of  Wachusett  Dam,  Waste  Weir,  Railroad  Bridge  and  Lower  End  of  Wachusett 

Reservoir, Frontispiece. 

Wachusett  Dam  and  Power  and  Gate  House  —  At  the  End  of  1905, 4 

View  of  Wachusett  Dam  and  Railroad  over  Waste  Channel • 

Bed  of  Wachusett  Reservoir  near  Baptist  Church  in  West  Boylston 8 

Relocation  of  Newton  Street  and  Quinepoxet  River  Bridge  at  Upper  End  of  Wachusett  Reservoir,  10 
High  level  Sewer  — Nut  Island,  with  Screen  House  and  Embankment  connecting  it  with  Great 

Hill 50 

Up-stream  Side  of  Wachusett  Dam  and  Waste  Weir, 88 

View  of  Waste  Channel  from  Wachusett  Dam 90 

Wachusett  Reservoir  — View  of  South  Dike  from  Boylston  Street  in  Boylston,        .        .        .        .94 

Wachusett  Reservoir  —  Circular  Dam  on  Quinepoxet  River  above  Oakdale 100 

Wachusett  Reservoir  — Improvement  of  Stillwater  River  Channel 102 

High  level  Sewer  —  Embankment  connecting  Great  Hill  in  Qulncy  with  Nut  Island,        ...  150 
High-level  Sewer  — Embankment  connecting  Island  Avenue  in  Quincy  with  Locker  and  Other 

Sewer  Buildings, 152 


METROPOLITAN  WATER  AND  SEWERAGE  BOARD. 


To  the  Honorable  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  Commonwealth  of 
Massachusetts  in  General  Court  assembled. 

The  Metropolitan  Water  and  Sewerage  Board,  established  under 
the  provisions  of  chapter  168  of  the  Acts  of  the  year  1901,  has 
already  presented  to  your  Honorable  Body  an  abstract  of  the  account 
of  its  doings,  receipts,  expenditures,  disbursements,  assets  and  lia- 
bilities for  the  calendar  year  ending  December  31,  1905,  and  now 
presents  a  detailed  statement  of  the  operations  for  the  year,  being  its 

FIFTH   ANNUAL   REPORT 

made  since  the  consolidation  of  the  Metropolitan  Water  Board  and 
the  Board  of  Metropolitan  Sewerage  Commissioners  on  March  20, 
1901. 

I.     ORGANIZATION   AND   ADMINISTRATION. 
(1)  BOARD,  OFFICERS  AND  EMPLOYES. 

The  term  of  office  of  Henry  P.  Walcott,  M.D.,  expired  on  March 
21,  1905,  and  he  was  reappointed  for  the  three  years  next  succeed- 
ing. The  membership  of  the  Board  has  consequently  remained  as 
in  the  preceding  year:  Henry  H.  Sprague,  chairman,  Henry  P. 
Walcott,  M.D.,  and  James  A.  Bailey,  Jr.  William  N.  Davenport 
has  continued  as  secretary,  and  the  auditing  department  has  been 
placed  under  his  general  supervision.  Alfred  F.  Bridgman,  who 
formerly  acted  as  auditor,  has  been  made  the  purchasing  agent,  and 
will  also  act  in  the  future  as  paymaster. 

A  further  reduction  has  been  made  during  the  year  in  the  admin- 
istrative office  force.  This  force  now  comprises  :  a  book-keeper, 
an  assistant  book-keeper,  an  assistant  in  auditing,  one  general 
clerk,  two  stenographers,  a  telephone  operator,  one  messenger,  and 
a  janitor  with  two  assistants,  one  of  whom  acts  as  watchman. 


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George  D.  Bigelow  has  been  in  charge  of  the  conveyancing  work, 
and  he  has  been  assisted  by  Miss  Alline  E.  Marcy,  title  examiner, 
and  by  one  stenographer.  Miss  Celia  M.  Tibbetts  has  performed 
the  conveyancing  work  which  has  been  required  in  the  county  of 
Worcester  as  her  services  have  been  needed. 

Frederic  P.  Stearns  has  continued  as  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Board, 
with  special  charge  of  the  Water  Works.  Joseph  P.  Davis  and 
Hiram  F.  Mills  are  retained  to  act  as  consulting  engineers  if  matters 
arise  requiring  their  consideration. 

The  various  departments  of  the  Water  Works  have  been,  subject 
to  the  Chief  Engineer,  in  charge  of  the  following  :  Dexter  Brackett, 
Engineer  of  the  Sudbury  and  Distribution  departments  ;  Thomas  F. 
Richardson,  Engineer  of  the  Dam  and  Reservoir  Department ;  Frank 
T.  Daniels,  Principal  Office  Assistant,  until  December  23,  when  he 
resigned,  and  the  position  was  abolished. 

The  engineering  force  employed  in  construction  on  the  Water 
Works  has  been  greatly  reduced.  This  force,  both  in  construction 
and  maintenance,  has,  upon  the  average  during  the  year,  comprised, 
in  addition  to  the  persons  above  named,  6  division  engineers,  12 
assistant  engineers,  and  others  in  various  engineering  capacities 
:and  as  sanitary  inspectors,  clerks,  stenographers  and  messengers, 
to  the  number  of  62,  numbering  in  all,  80.  The  maximum  en- 
gineering force  employed  at  any  one  time  during  the  year  on  both 
construction  and  maintenance  was  99. 

There  have  also  been  employed  inspectors,  other  than  engineering 
inspectors,  to  the  maximum  number  of  5.  Day-labor  forces,  under 
the  general  supervision  of  the  engineers  and  the  immediate  direction 
of  foremen,  varying  in  numbers  from  time  to  time,  have  been  em- 
ployed in  pipe  laying,  in  general  improvements  and  repairs,  and  in 
minor  operations. 

In  addition,  a  maintenance  force,  numbering,  upon  the  average 
during  the  year,  208,  has  been  required  at  the  pumping  stations  and 
upon  the  reservoirs,  aqueducts,  pipe  lines  and  other  works.  This 
force  at  the  end  of  the  year  numbered  173,  and  was  divided  as  fol- 
lows :  Sudbury  and  Distribution  departments,  165  ;  Dam  and  Reser- 
voir Department,  8.  ^ 

The  maximum  number  of  men  employed  upon  construction  con- 
tracts by  the  various  contractors  upon  the  Water  Works  during  the 


No.  57.]  AND    SEWERAGE   BOARD.  3 

year  was  for  the  week  ending  June  17,  when  the  number  amounted 
to  669. 

William  M.  Brown,  Engineer  of  the  Sewerage  Works,  has  been 
in  charge  of  both  construction  and  maintenance  upon  these  works. 

He  was  assisted  during  the  year  by  2  division  engineers  who  were 
in  charge  of  both  construction  and  maintenance,  1  division  engineer 
in  charge  of  drafting  room  and  records,  4  assistant  engineers,  and 
4  others,  who  were  employed  in  various  engineering  capacities,  and 
a  clerk  and  stenographer.  The  maximum  engineering  force  em- 
ployed at  any  one  time  during  the  year  on  construction  and  main- 
tenance of  the  Sewerage  Works  was  13. 

Day-labor  forces,  under  the  general  supervision  of  the  engineers 
and  the  immediate  direction  of  foremen,  have  been  employed  on  the 
High-level  Sewer  in  building  roads  and  grading  at  Nut  Island  and 
vicinity,  and  on  the  pumping  station  lot  at  Ward  Street. 

The  maximum  number  of  men  employed  upon  contracts  and  upon 
day-labor  construction  upon  the  Sewerage  Works  during  the  year 
was  for  the  week  ending  July  5,  when  the  number  amounted  to  60. 

The  regular  maintenance  force  required  for  the  operation  of  the 
pumping  stations,  the  care  and  inspection  of  the  sewers,  and  for 
other  parts  of  the  Sewerage  Works,  exclusive  of  engineers  and  day- 
labor  construction  forces  before  enumerated,  has  upon  the  average 
numbered  118. 

The  whole  force  of  the  Sewerage  Department  at  the  end  of  the 
year  numbered  130,  of  whom  the  engineer  in  charge  and  11  assist- 
ants and  draftsmen  were  engaged  in  general  upon  the  works,  and,  of 
the  remainder,  74  were  employed  upon  the  North  System  and  44 
upon  the  South  System. 

(2)  OFFICES  AND  BUILDINGS. 

The  office  of  the  Metropolitan  Water  and  Sewerage  Board  is  in 
the  buildings  numbered  1  and  3  Ashburton  Place,  at  the  corner  of 
Somerset  Street,  in  which  are  also  located  the  secretary's,  auditing 
and  conveyancing  offices,  and  the  main  engineering  offices  of  both 
the  Water  Works  and  the  Sewerage  Works. 

The  headquarters  of  the  Wachusett  Dam  and  Reservoir  Depart- 
ment of  the  Water  Works  have  been  maintained  in  the  office  building 
in  Clinton.  Branch  offices  of  the  Dam  and  Reservoir  Department 


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were  maintained,  one  in  West  Boylston  and  one  in  Oakdale,  until 
November  21,  and  one  at  the  Wachusett  Dam  until  November  28. 
Headquarters  of  the  Sudbury  and  Distribution  departments  have 
been  maintained  in  the  central  office  in  Boston.  For  the  Sudbury 
Department  a  branch  office  has  been  maintained  at  South  Framing- 
ham.  Branch  headquarters  of  the  maintenance  force  of  the  Water 
Works  in  the  northern  part  of  the  District  have  been  in  buildings  in 
the  Glenwood  pipe  yard  in  Medford,  where  there  are  offices,  shops, 
store  rooms  and  stables  ;  and  the  maintenance  force  for  the  southern 
part  of  the  District  has  headquarters  in  buildings  at  the  Chestnut 
Hill  Reservoir. 

Branch  headquarters  of  the  maintenance  and  repair  forces  of  the 
Sewerage  Works  are  maintained  at  the  East  Boston  and  Ward  Street 
pumping  stations  and  at  the  stock  yard  at  Hough's  Neck. 

(3)  CONVEYANCING. 

The  various  settlements  effected  by  the  Board  involved  the  ex- 
amination by  the  conveyancers  of  47  titles  in  water  cases,  and  9 
titles  in  sewer  cases,  a  total  of  56.  In  35  of  the  cases  deeds  were 
drafted  and  executed.  In  the  other  cases  judgments  were  obtained 
by  agreement  or  after  trial. 

One  instrument  of  discontinuance  of  roads  was  drafted  and  exe- 
cuted, being  for  a  part  of  Holbrook  Street  in  West  Boylston,  and 
2  determinations  have  been  drafted  affecting  highways  in  West 
Boylston. 

The  Spot  Pond  hearings  in  the  earlier  part  of  the  year  required  a 
large  amount  of  work  from  the  conveyancers,  and  much  other  work 
has  been  done  at  the  request  of  the  Attorney-General  and  his  assist- 
ants in  the  preparation  of  cases  for  trial  and  hearing. 

By  reason  of  the  expiration,  on  July  1,  1905,  of  the  time  within 
which  could  be  brought  suits  for  damages  in  connection  with  water 
works,  other  than  damages  for  real  estate  taken,  a  large  number  of 
new  suits  have  been  entered  in  court ;  and  for  these  suits  examina- 
tions of  titles  of  the  lands  involved  are,  to  a  greater  or  less  degree, 
required,  this  being  necessary  whether  the  suits  are  settled  by  the 
Board  or  tried  in  court.  A  considerable  portion  of  this  work  has 
been  accomplished.  * 

The  conveyancers  were  called  upon  to  draft  many  other  instru- 
ments than  those  above  enumerated,  and  to  make  various  investiga- 
tions relative  to  other  real  estate  in  charge  of  the  Board. 


No.  57.]  AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD.  5 

During  the  year  all  the  deeds  remaining  uncopied,  relating  to  the 
Water  Works,  have  been  copied,  as  well  as  a  considerable  portion 
of  the  deeds  relating  to  the  Sewerage  Works. 

A  card  index  has  also  been  in  progress  and  is  nearly  finished, 
showing  the  names  of  the  owners  whose  property  has  been  affected 
by  the  operations  of  the  Board,  and  memoranda  as  to  the  date, 
amount,  area,  and  purpose  of  takings  and  deeds,  with  reference  to 
abstracts  of  titles  and  copies  of  deeds. 

II.  METROPOLITAN   WATER  DISTRICT. 

The  Metropolitan  Water  District  as  now  constituted  comprises 
the  cities  of  Boston,  Chelsea,  Everett,  Maiden,  Medford,  Melrose, 
Newton,  Quincy  and  Somerville,  and  the  towns  of  Arlington,  Bel- 
mont,  Hyde  Park,  Lexington,  Milton,  Nahant,  Revere,  Stoneham, 
Watertown  and  Winthrop,  in  all,  19  municipalities.  The  District 
has  an  area  of  171.7  square  miles.  The  population  of  the  District 
above  comprised,  as  of  July  1,  1905,  the  date  upon  which  calcula- 
tions for  the  Water  Works  are  based,  is  estimated  at  953,580. 

III.  WATER   WORKS  —  CONSTRUCTION. 

The  amount  expended  for  construction,  including  real  estate  ac- 
quired and  payment  of  claims  on  account  of  the  Water  Works,  dur- 
ing the  year  1905,  was  $655,958.47.  Of  this  amount,  $524,990.68 
was  expended  on  account  of  the  Wachusett  Dam  and  Reservoir ; 
$58,087.49  on  account  of  the  Weston  Aqueduct  and  Reservoir; 
$7,164.86  for  the  improvement  of  the  Wachusett  watershed;  $36,- 
711.68  for  the  acquisition  of  existing  water  works;  $10,798.03  for 
construction  in  the  Distribution  Department ;  and  the  remainder, 
$18,205.73,  for  various  other  operations  on  the  works.  The  total 
amount  expended  for  construction  since  the  beginning  of  the  Water 
Works  in  the  year  1895  has  been  $39,044,214.23. 

(1)  WACHUSETT  DAM  AND  RESERVOIR. 

(a)    Wachusett  Dam. 

The  masonry  of  the  Wachusett  Dam  was  substantially  completed 
during  the  past  year,  there  only  remaining  to  be  laid  the  granolithic 
surface  which  is  to  form  the  finish  of  .the  top  of  the  dam.  The 
cornice  stones  of  the  dam  reached  the  height  of  415  feet  above  the 
Boston  City  Base,  and  the  lowest  point  in  the  dam,  which  is  in 


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the  cut-off  trench,  is  186.8  feet  above  the  City  Base.  The  maximum 
height  of  the  structure,  therefore,  is  228.2  feet.  The  length  of  the 
main  dam,  including  the  terminal  structures,  is  971  feet,  and  the 
length  of  the  waste-weir  beyond  the  bastion  at  the  northwesterly  end 
is  452  feet.  The  total  length  of  the  dam,  including  the  corewall,  is 
1,476  feet.  The  stone  masonry  has  amounted  to  263,412  cubic 
yards,  the  brick  and  concrete  masonry  to  10,761  cubic  yards,  and 
there  have  been  used  in  the  work  81,103  barrels  of  Portland  cement 
and  182,480  barrels  of  natural  cement. 

The  upper  gate-chamber,  which  is  built  within  the  structure  of 
the  dam,  and  the  chamber  in  the  bastion  at  the  northwesterly  end 
of  the  dam,  have  been  completed.  There  still  remain  to  be  built  the 
brass  fences,  which  for  protection  are  to  surmount  the  dam  on  both 
the  up-stream  and  down-stream  sides. 

The  waste-weir,  which  runs  northwesterly  at  an  angle  from  the 
bastion  in  the  main  dam,  and  which  provides  for  an  overflow  in  case 
of  necessity,  has  been  completed.  Standards  have  been  placed  upon 
the  weir  to  secure  the  flash-boards  which  are  provided  in  order  to 
prevent  a  waste  of  water  from  waves  passing  over  the  crest  of  the 
weir.  A  walk  is  also  provided  over  the  waste- weir,  as  well  as  a 
track  for  a  car  to  be  used  in  transporting  the  flash-boards  to  and 
from  the  storage  room  in  the  bastion. 

The  work  of  completing  the  arch  bridge,  which  forms  a  part  of 
the  permanent  location  of  the  Central  Massachusetts  Railroad,  has 
been  carried  on  during  the  year,  and,  upon  the  removal  of  the  cable- 
way  towers,  the  railroad  embankment  for  the  permanent  track  was 
completed.  The  arch  bridge  crosses  the  waste  channel  about  225 
feet  below  the  waste-weir.  The  bridge  has  a  length  of  about  170 
feet,  with  a  span  of  58  feet  over  the  waste  channel.  East  of  the  main 
span  is  a  smaller  arched  opening,  through  which  passes  the  road  to 
be  built  upon  this  side  of  the  river  from  the  valley  to  the  bastion. 

By  the  removal  of  the  cableways  and  the  change  of  the  railroad  to 
its  permanent  location,  the  opportunity  was  afforded  to  complete  the 
excavation  of  the  waste  channel ;  and  at  the  end  of  the  year  nearly 
all  of  the  excavation  necessary  had  been  made. 

Much  grading  has  been  done  on  both  the  hillsides  below  the  dam, 
and  while  many  of  the  trees  and  shrubbery  have  been  left,  the 
ground  has  been  covered  with  soil.  Successive  flights  of  granite 
steps  have  been  built  from  each  end  of  the  dam  to  the  bottom  of  the 


No.  57.]  AND    SEWERAGE   BOARD.  7 

valley,  with  granolithic  walks  of  varying  lengths  between.  The 
road  from  the  bottom  of  the  valley  to  the  bastion  on  the  north- 
westerly side  has  been  partially  constructed.  A  considerable 
amount  of  soil  remains  in  the  spoil  banks  at  the  northwesterly  end 
of  the  dam,  which  is  to  be  used  during  the  coming  season  for  cover- 
ing the  slopes  of  the  permanent  railroad  embankment  and  for  other 
purposes. 

(b)    Wachusett  Reservoir. 

The  removal  of  soil  from  the  bed  of  the  reservoir,  which  remained 
to  be  accomplished,  was  confined  to  the  extreme  upper  end  of  the 
reservoir,  with  the  exception  of  a  small  area  near  the  South  Dike, 
the  soil  of  which  had  been  reserved  for  use  at  the  Wachusett  Dam. 
The  principal  portion  of  the  work  in  the  reservoir  during  the  past 
year  consisted  of  excavating  the  material  from  the  Stillwater  River 
above  the  location  of  the  Worcester,  Nashua  and  Portland  Division 
of  the  Boston  &  Maine  Railroad  and  of  enlarging  and  changing  the 
channel  of  the  Quinepoxet  River,  of  the  building  of  a  concrete 
dam  at  the  upper  end  of  the  channel  in  order  to  prevent  the  wearing 
away  of  the  river  bed  above  the  location  of  the  dam  and  also  to  pre- 
vent the  filling  of  the  upper  end  of  the  reservoir  with  the  sand  and 
gravel  which  would  be  washed  down  the  channel.  In  all  the  work 
of  the  year  about  276,554  cubic  yards  of  earth  and  soil  were  re- 
moved. This  material  was  deposited  upon  the  railroad  and  high- 
way embankments,  and  was  also  taken  for  covering  deep  beds  of 
muck,  which  it  was  not  desirable  to  excavate,  and  for  shallow  flow- 
age  embankments. 

Since  the  beginning  of  the  work  3,941  acres  have  been  stripped 
for  the  purposes  of  the  reservoir,  and  there  have  been  removed 
6,912,052  cubic  yards  of  soil.  Of  the  total  amount  of  soil  removed, 
4,955,936  cubic  yards  have  been  deposited  in  the  North  Dike; 
160,895  cubic  yards  have  been  deposited  in  the  South  Dike ;  1,149,- 
917  cubic  yards  have  been  used  for  filling  shallow  flowage  areas; 
603,002  cubic  yards  have  been  deposited  in  highway  and  railroad 
embankments;  and  42,302  cubic  yards  have  been  used  for  grading 
grounds  near  the  dam  and  for  miscellaneous  purposes. 

During  the  year  riprap  to  the  extent  of  11,991  cubic  yards  was 
placed  upon  the  water  face  of  the  South  Dike,  where  the  dike  will 
be  particularly  exposed  to  the  action  of  heavy  waves.  The  stone 
used  was  obtained  from  the  waste  piles  of  the  quarry  from  which 


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the  stone  for  the  dam  was  quarried.  A  gap  in  the  dike  through 
which  the  quarry  railroad  passed  was  also  filled  with  material  which 
was  removed  from  the  embankments  of  the  quarry  railroad. 

Ditches  with  sides  paved  and  board  bottoms  have  been  constructed 
in  order  to  drain  the  swampy  ground  below  the  South  Dike  and  the 
pit  from  which  the  sand  was  obtained  for  the  construction  of  the 
masonry  of  the  Wachusett  Dam.  A  ditch  has  also  been  dug  to  drain 
the  swampy  land  near  the  Lamson  nursery  upon  the  northerly  side 
of  the  reservoir. 

The  number  of  buildings  in  West  Boylston  removed  from  the 
reservoir  site  during  the  year  was  44,  which  embraced  36  houses,  6 
barns,  a  store  and  a  police  station.  The  number  of  buildings  re- 
moved prior  to  the  year  was  271,  making  the  total  number  in  West 
Boylston  removed  to  the  present  time  315.  The  number  of  build- 
ings removed  from  the  site  of  the  reservoir  since  the  beginning  of 
the  work  has  been  :  in  Boylston  108,  in  Clinton  38,  in  Sterling  7, 
making  a  total  removal,  including  West  Boylston,  of  468  buildings. 

Considerable  work  was  performed  during  the  season  in  obtaining 
elevations  of  the  bottom  of  the  reservoir  after  excavation  had  been 
completed,  and  already  3,420  acres  out  of  a  total  of  about  3,950 
acres  have  been  covered  by  these  final  records.  From  the  record 
sheets  tables  are  prepared  to  show  the  capacity  of  the  reservoir  at 
each  tenth  of  a  foot  up  to  elevation  370.  Surveys  of  the  marginal 
line  of  the  watershed  have  also  been  in  progress  during  the  year,  and 
this  line  has  now  been  surveyed  a  distance  of  38.5  miles,  the  total 
length  of  the  line  around  the  margin  of  the  watershed  being  about 
69  miles. 

(c)   Forestry. 

The  two  nurseries,  one  upon  the  north  side  and  the  other  upon 
the  south  side  of  the  reservoir,  have  been  maintained.  There  have 
been  transplanted  from  the  beds  to  rows  in  the  nurseries  more  than 
150,000  seedlings.  The  nurseries  now  contain  some  740,000  seed- 
lings and  plants,  of  which  by  far  the  larger  number  are  white  pines 
and  arbor  vitse,  but  there  are  many  Scotch  pines,  white,  Douglas  and 
Norway  spruces,  maples,  oaks,  locusts  and  birches,  besides  walnuts, 
ashes,  hemlocks,  larches  and  tamaracks. 

There  are  about  3,348  acres  of  land  about  the  reservoir  belonging 
to  the  Commonwealth  above  the  flow  line,  excluding  the  more  re- 
mote land  along  the  Quinepoxet  River.  On  this  land  there  were 


No.  57.]  AND    SEWEEAGE   BOARD.  9 

about  1,431  acres  already  covered  with  wood.  It  has  been  the  pur- 
pose to  cut  out  fruit  trees  as  well  as  mature  and  undesirable  trees, 
and  where  needed  to  plant  new  growth  taken  principally  from  the 
nurseries.  Areas  amounting  to  about  250  acres  were  thus  planted 
during  the  year.  There  have  already  been  planted  in  all  about  937 
acres,  and  there  remains  an  area  of  about  483  acres  which  it  is  pro- 
posed to  plant  in  the  future.  Besides  about  197  acres  of  marginal 
land  lying  immediately  adjacent  to  the  shores  of  the  reservoir,  there 
are  about  300  acres  of  land  which  will  probably  remain  open  and 
unplanted  with  trees. 

Seedlings,  principally  of  white  pine,  have  been  planted  along 
both  sides  of  the  public  roads  within  the  lands  of  the  Common- 
wealth, and  arbor  vitse  and  white  pine  seedlings  have  also  been 
planted  on  the  outside  line  of  the  immediate  marginal  lands  of  the 
reservoir. 

The  marginal  line  of  the  reservoir  is  38.2  miles  long,  and  there 
remain  about  5.5  miles  of  the  line  of  the  marginal  strip  to  plant 
with  trees,  there  being  a  distance  of  about  5.7  miles  along  dikes, 
highways  and  railroads,  which,  as  proposed,  is  not  to  be  planted. 

(c?)   Location,,  Construction  and  Discontinuance  of  Roads. 

A  highway  has  been  constructed  during  the  past  year  along  the 
southwesterly  side  of  the  reservoir  between  Oakdale  and  West 
Boylston,  the  portion  extending  for  a  distance  of  about  2,930  feet 
being  a  new  highway,  and  the  remaining  portion  for  about  2,110  feet 
to  Central  Street  in  West  Boylston  consisting  of  the  improvement 
of  the  existing  highway  known  as  Crescent  Street. 

The  new  highway  which  was  built  during  the  preceding  year  from 
the  southerly  end  of  the  bridge  over  the  Quinepoxet  River  and 
through  the  village  of  Oakdale,  along  the  northerly  side  of  the 
reservoir  to  the  junction  of  Sterling  and  Lancaster  streets,  and  the 
new  highway  which  crosses  the  reservoir  in  West  Boylston  in  con- 
tinuation of  Worcester  Street,  have  both  been  surfaced  with  broken 
stone. 

A  small  portion  of  Boylston  Street  in  the  town  of  Boylston  near 
the  South  Dike  has  also  been  surfaced  with  stone.  Considerable 
work  has  been  done  by  the  day-labor  forces  on  other  highways,  in 
the  grading  and  seeding  of  highway  slopes,  building  of  fences  and 
railings,  and  widening  of  culverts. 


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A  location  has  been  determined  for  an  extension  of  the  highway 
in  Oakdale  from  a  point  near  Wheeler  Street,  southerly  across  the 
railroad,  Holden  Street  and  Quinepoxet  River,  and  also  across  a 
portion  of  Newton  Street  discontinued  to  the  part  of  Newton  Street 
still  existing  in  the  town  of  West  Boylston. 

A  new  location  also  has  been  determined  of  the  street  extending 
from  the  above-described  highway  across  Newton  Street  discontinued 
westerly  to  Holdeu  Street,  taking  the  place  of  the  portion  of  Holden 
Street,  extending  westerly  from  the  highway  for  about  1,912  feet. 

A  slight  change  was  made  in  the  location  of  the  new  highway  in 
West  Boylston  laid  out  from  Worcester  Street  to  Lancaster  Street, 
changing  the  location  of  the  centre  line. 

The  following  are  lists  of  the  roads  relocated  and  discontinued 
during  the  year  :  — 

Location  of  Roads  in  the  Tear  1905. 


No. 

LOCATION. 

Description. 

Date  of 
Acceptance. 

13 
14 

West  Boylston.  Oak- 
dale  Village. 

West  Boy  1st  on. 

A  highway  connecting  the  two  new  highways  laid  out  In 
determination  No.  12,  extending  southerly  from  the 
end  of  the  first  of  said  highways  in  Oakdale  from  a 
point  126  feet  westerly  from  Wheeler  Street,  crossing 
the  railroad,  the  Quinepoxet  River  and  Newton  Street 
discontinued,  to  the  northerly  end  of  the  second  high- 
way at  a  point  in  Newton  Street  discontinued. 
A  highway  extending  westerly  from  the  above  connect- 
ing highway,  near  where  it  crosses  the  river,  to  Holden 
Street. 
Amendment  in  the  location  of  the  new  highway  laid  out 
in  determination  No.  8,  from  Worcester  Street  to  Lan- 
caster Street,  narrowing  the  width  of   the  finished 
portion  of  the  roadway  and  changing  the  location  of 
the  centre  line. 

April     4,  1905. 
April  18,  1905. 

Discontinuance  of  Roads  in  the  Year  1905. 


No. 

LOCATION. 

Description. 

Date  of 
Discontinu- 
ance. 

26 

West  Boylston,  Oak- 
dale  Village. 

That  part  of  Holden  Street  extending  from  a  point  near 
the  new  highway  between  Oakdale  and  West  Boylston 
near  Harris  Street,  about  1,600  feet  to  the  new  highway 
extending  westerly  from  the  first-named  highway  to 
Holden  Street. 

April  26,  1905. 

(e)  Relocation  of  Central  Massachusetts  Railroad. 
The  travelling  cableways  which  hacfbeen  used  for  the  construction 
of  the  Wachusett  Dam  having  been  removed,  the  permanent  road- 
bed of  the  Central  Massachusetts  Railroad  at  this  point  has  been 


No.  57.]  AND   SEWERAGE  BOARD.  11 

built  to  take  the  place  of  the  temporary  location  first  provided. 
This  work  required  the  building  not  only  of  the  necessary  railroad 
embankments  but  the  arch  bridge  over  the  waste  channel.  Some 
further  work  will  be  necessary  upon  the  slopes  of  the  embankments. 
The  new  location  has  been  used  for  the  passage  of  trains  since 
October  23.  The  entire  length  of  the  new  location  is  about  1,215 
feet. 

(f)    Clinton  Catholic  Cemetery. 

No  action  has  been  taken  by  either  the  Roman  Catholic  Bishop 
of  Springfield  or  the  St.  John's  Catholic  Cemetery  Association  at 
Clinton,  toward  effecting  a  final  settlement  under  the  tripartite 
agreement  which  was  executed  by  them  and  the  Board  on  account 
of  the  taking  of  the  lands  of  the  old  cemetery  in  Clinton  for  the 
Wachusett  Reservoir,  and  the  acquisition  of  new  cemetery  lands  in 
Lancaster  to  take  the  place  of  the  old  grounds. 

The  title  to  the  larger  part  of  the  lands  in  Lancaster  now  devoted 
to  cemetery  purposes  is  held  by  the  Commonwealth,  and  there  is  a 
considerable  sum  of  money  payable  to  the  Cemetery  Association 
upon  the  release  to  the  Commonwealth  of  the  old  cemetery  lot  and 
of  all  claims  for  damages,  which  is  awaiting  an  agreement  between 
the  two  other  parties. 

(2)  IMPROVEMENT  OF  SPOT  POND  BROOK. 

The  city  of  Melrose,  prior  to  the  last  report,  had  brought  a 
petition  for  the  appointment  of  commissioners  under  chapter  406 
of  the  Acts  of  the  year  1904,  being  "An  Act  to  provide  for  the 
improvement  of  Spot  Pond  Brook  by  the  Metropolitan  Water  and 
Sewerage  Board."  No  hearing,  however,  has  been  called  for  under 
the  petition,  and  consequently  no  further  action  has  been  taken 
under  the  act. 

(3)  POLICE  PROTECTION. 

Owing  to  the  reduction  of  the  areas  upon  which  the  work  of  con- 
struction has  been  carried  on,  the  Board  has  been  enabled  to  make 
a  great  reduction  in  the  number  of  officers  appointed  for  police 
protection. 

On  January  1,  1905,  the  officers  employed  were:  in  Clinton  3, 
in  Boylston  1,  in  West  Boylston  5.  On  June  5,  2  additional 
officers  were  appointed  in  Clinton,  but  on  November  20  the  services 


12  METROPOLITAN   WATER  [Pub.  Doc. 

of  all  the  police  officers  employed  by  the  towns  at  the  expense  of 
the  Board  were  dispensed  with,  with  the  exception  of  those  in 
Clinton,  where  2  are  still  retained  in  service. 

(4)  ACQUISITION  OF  LANDS  AND  LAND  SETTLEMENTS. 

The  Board  acquired  by  purchase  during  the  year  122.79  acres, 
of  which  67.04  acres  were  in  Holden  and  55.75  acres  in  Sterling. 
No  takings  of  land  were  made  during  the  year. 

Settlement  has  been  effected  with  the  owners  of  all  the  lands 
acquired,  either  by  purchase  or  by  taking,  by  the  Board  for  the 
Metropolitan  Water  Works  since  the  beginning  of  operations,  ex- 
cept for  106.477  acres,  not  including  the  takings  of  Spot  Pond  and 
the  contiguous  lands  of  the  cities  of  Maiden,  Medford  and  Melrose, 
settlement  for  which  is  still  pending.  Payments  on  account,  how- 
ever, have  been  made  to  these  cities,  amounting  to  $342,820.68. 

Settlements  under  purchases  and  takings  of  land,  for  all  purposes 
of  the  Water  Works,  have  been  effected  in  the  past  year  in  25  cases, 
and  for  an  aggregate  of  142.756  acres  with  the  buildings  thereon. 
Of  these  cases  9  were  on  account  of  the  Wachusett  Reservoir,  9  on 
account  of  the  Weston  Aqueduct,  4  on  account  of  takings  for  a  low- 
service  pipe  line  in  Medford,  2  for  the  improvement  of  the  Wachu- 
sett watershed,  and  1  on  account  of  the  improvement  of  the  Sudbury 
watershed.  The  sums  paid  in  all  these  settlements  have  amounted 
to  $47,508.77.  In  3  of  these  cases  the  settlements  have  been  re- 
sults of  suits  at  law,  and  the  total  amount  paid  in  the  court  settle- 
ments has  been  $2,277.06. 

Under  chapter  317  of  the  Acts  of  the  year  1904,  providing,  in 
cases  of  takings  under  the  right  of  eminent  domain,  for  partial  pay- 
ments in  advance  of  the  judgment  of  a  judicial  tribunal,  sums  on 
account  have  been  paid,  amounting  to  $5,416.58.  There  were  6  of 
these  cases,  affecting  14.01  acres. 

On  January  1,  1906,  there  was  pending  final  action  in  12  settle- 
ments which  had  been  supposed  to  be  effected,  2  of  which  had  been 
made  in  1901,  2  in  1903,  2  in  1904  and  6  in  1905. 

Inasmuch  as  on  July  1*1 905,  the  time  expired  within  which  could 
be  brought  petitions  for  the  determination  of  damages  for  the  taking 
of  water  rights,  where  no  land  was  taken  in  connection  with  such 
water  rights,  and  for  the  determination  of  all  other  damages  pro- 
vided for  on  account  of  the  operations  of  the  Board,  except  damages 
for  real  estate  taken,  new  cases,  to  the  number  of  136,  were  brought 


No.  57.] 


AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD. 


13 


shortly  previous  to  that  date.  Of  these  cases,  3  were  for  damages 
tcT  mill  property;  6  were  for  the  widening  of  Crescent  Street  in 
West  Boylston ;  19  for  damages  to  the  intervale  or  meadow  land 
on  the  Nashua  River  in  Clinton,  Bolton,  Lancaster  and  Harvard; 
19  for  damages  to  land  by  flooding  in  Germantown  in  Clinton ;  10 
for  damages  for  discontinuance  of  roads  in  Clinton  ;  21  for  depre- 
ciation and  other  damages  in  Boylston ;  4  for  like  damages  in 
Sterling;  19  for  damages  for  depreciation  in  West  Boylston;  1  for 
blasting ;  2  for  claims  on  account  of  the  Worcester  County  Truant 
School ;  and  1  the  nature  of  which  is  not  evident. 

Since  the  beginning  of  operations  upon  the  Metropolitan  Water 
Works,  the  number  of  settlements  effected  on  account  of  the  acqui- 
sition of  land  for  the  purposes  of  the  Water  Works,  including  the 
works  of  water  supply  acquired  from  the  city  of  Boston  on  January 
1,  1898,  has  amounted  to  851 ;  and  under  them  the  Board  has 
acquired  rights,  in  fee  or  of  easements,  in  15,953.35  acres,  or 
24.927  square  miles,  for  which  an  aggregate  of  $16,921,753.86  has 
been  paid.  Only  44  of  these  cases  have  been  settled  by  judgments 
of  court,  and  the  total  amount  paid  under  these  judgments  has  been 
$139,207.29  or  a  little  less  than  1  per  cent,  of  the  whole  amount  paid. 

These  purchases  and  takings  for  which  the  settlements  have  been 
made  include  lands  taken  in  fee  with  the  buildings  thereon  and  the 
water  and  other  rights  connected  therewith,  and  lands  in  which 
easements  and  other  rights  are  taken ;  but  they  do  not  include  set- 
tlements for  diversion  of  water,  depreciation  and  other  damages  con- 
nected with  lands  not  acquired,  and  in  which  no  fee  or  easement  has 
been  taken. 

Summary  of  Land  Settlements  for  Water  Works  to  December  31, 1905. 


LOCATION. 

FOB  THE  YEAH  1905. 

FROM  BEGINNING  OF  WORK. 

Area  in 
Acres. 

Number 
of  Settle, 
ments. 

Payments. 

Area  In 
Acres. 

Number 
of  Settle, 
menu. 

Payments. 

Wachusett  Reservoir. 

Berlin,       

- 

16.700 

1 

Boylston  

- 

4,003.116 

Clinton  
Holden,      

1.080 

9 

$6,015  00 

1,274.763 
167.000 

429 

$2,949,437  10 

Sterling  

55.760 

770.237 

West  Boylston, 
Total  

.729 

1,652.850 

J 

57.559 

9 

$6,015  00 

7,884.666 

429 

$2,949,437  10 

14 


METROPOLITAN  WATER 


[Pub.  Doc. 


Summary  of  Land  Settlements  for  Water  Works,  etc.  — Continued. 


LOCATION. 

FOB  THE  YEAR  1905. 

FROM  BEGINNING  OF  WORK. 

Area  in 
Acres. 

Number 
of  Settle- 
menta. 

Payments. 

Area  in 
Acres. 

Number 
of  Settle- 
ments. 

Payments. 

Improving  Wacfiusett  Water- 
shed. 

Holden  
West  Boylston, 
Total 

67.040 
67.040 

2 

$22,960  00' 
$22,960  00 

151.340 
64.430 
215.770 

47.815 
12.310 
61.530 
89.000 
100.060 

!_:_ 

5 

!" 

$60,960  00 

2 
1 

L 

$60,960  00 
$74,362  40 

Wachusett  Aqueduct. 

Marlborough,    .... 
Northborough  
Bouthborough  
Total  

Sudbury  Reservoir? 
Marlborough,    .... 
Bouthborough  
Total 

- 



300.715 

751'.980 
2,019.080 
2,771.060 

.630 
.800 
178.049 
4.826 
205.487 
389.792 

5.315 
129.835 

68 

|    » 

$74,362  40 
$658,318  76 

—  ^— 

i 

i 

i  - 

153 

!" 

$658,318  75 
$16,522  16 

Improving  Sudbury  Water- 
shed. 

Ashland 

Marlborough  
Northborough, 
Sonthborougb  
Westborough,  .... 
Total   

39 

\         36 
> 

$16,522  16 
$37,794  40 

Clinton  Sewerage  System. 
Clinton  

Total,  . 

1.240 

.987 

3.860 
11.253 

i 

r 

$15,037  00 

135.150 

102.125 
1.308 
.450 
73.299 
295.195 

36 

!>         85 

$37,794  40 
$181,893  40 

Weston  Aqueduct. 
Framingham,    .... 

Bouthborough  
Wayland   . 

Weston  

Total                          . 

17.340 

9 

$15,037  00 

472.377 

85 

$181,893  40 

$60,000  due  on  one  settlement. 


2  Including  settlements  made  by  city  of  Boston. 


No.  57.] 


AND   SEWERAGE  BOARD. 


15 


Summary  of  Land  Settlements  for  Water  Works,  etc.  —  Concluded. 


LOCATION. 

FOB  THE  TBAB  1905. 

FROM  BEGINNING  OF  WORK. 

Area  in 
Acres. 

Number 
of  Settle- 
ments. 

Payments. 

Area  in 
Acres. 

Number 
of  Settle- 
ments. 

Payments. 

Distribution  System. 
Arlington,         .... 
Boston  

.817 

! 
>•      * 

J 

$3,496  77 

1.896 
1.359 
.051 
.158 
3.213 
6.147 
5.224 
.404 
.009 
19.409 
36.870 

2.950 
2.950 

1.586 
652.124 
160.630 
663.460 
654.729 
30.652 
25.140 
436.223 
31.695 
78.808 
40.385 
12.426 
17.168 
177.875 
139.115 
545.912 
76.094 
.578 

1 
34 

34 

1 
1 

1 
1 

J 

$171,916  85 

$171,916  85 

$1,600  00 
$1,600  00 

$12,768,948  80  "- 

Maiden 

Medford  

Somerville  

Total,  

Improving  Lake  Cochituate. 
Natick,  

.817 

4 
1 

J 

$3,496  77 

Total  

Boston  Water  Workt*  (taking 
of  Jan.  1,189  8). 

Ashland  . 

Boston,  
Framingham,  .... 
Hopkinton  
Marlborough,  .... 
Medford  

Natick  
Needham  

Someryllle  
Sonthborough  
Way  land,  . 

Wellesley,  .... 

Westborongh,  .... 
Winchester, 

Total 

142.756 

25 

$47,508  77 

3,744.000 
15,963.350 

1 

851 

$12,768,948  80 
$16,921,753  86 

Aggregates, 

1  Estimated  areas. 


Includes  interest. 


16  METROPOLITAN   WATER  [Pub.  Doc. 

The  settlements  above  enumerated  include  all  lands  acquired  for 
which  a  complete  settlement  has  been  made.  About  113.388  acres 
of  the  lands  acquired  and  settled  for  have  subsequently  been  sold 
and  conveyed  by  the  Board. 

The  tables  of  settlements  for  lands  acquired  do  not  include  :  — 

1.  Lands  for  which   "payments  on  account"  under  chapter  317 
of  the  Acts  of  the  year  1904  have  been  made,  there  being  14.01 
acres  on  account  of  which  $5,416.58  has  been  paid. 

2.  Spot  Pond  and  adjacent  lands  in  Maiden,  Medford  and  Mel- 
rose,  comprising  about  271.177  acres,  exclusive  of  the  area  of  land 
under   Spot   Pond  which  is  not  estimated,   on  account   of  which 
$342,820.68  has  been  paid. 

3.  Lands   acquired   but   not   paid  or  settled  for,   amounting  to 
about  163.309  acres,  including  50.765  acres  previously  owned  by 
the  Commonwealth,  and  66.761  acres  of  other  lands  for  which  no 
claims  will  probably  be 'made. 

4.  Lands  embraced  in  the  St.  John's  Catholic  Cemetery,  compris- 
ing 26.39  acres  in  Clinton  and  69,. 75  acres  in  Lancaster. 

5.  Street  areas. 

The  total  area  of  land  in  which  the  Commonwealth  has  acquired 
for  the  Metropolitan  Water  Works  either  the  fee,  easements  or 
other  rights  is  about  16,575.422  acres,  or  about  26  square  miles. 

(5)  CLAIMS  AND  SETTLEMENTS  FOR  Loss  OF  BUSINESS. 
For  injury  to  business  caused  by  the  carrying  out  of  the  Metro- 
politan Water  Act  in  the  towns  of  Boylston  and  West  Boylston  and 
in  portions  of  the  towns  of  Sterling  and  Clinton,  but  one  additional 
claim  was  filed.  Settlements  were  made  during  the  year  in  23  cases. 
In  some  of  these  cases  claims  had  been  filed  previous  to  the  past 
year,  but  in  the  greater  number  no  statements  of  claim  had  ever 
been  filed  with  the  Board,  but  suits  for  damages  had  been  directly 
brought  in  court.  These  suits  were  brought  after  the  decision  of 
the  Supreme  Judicial  Court  in  the  case  of  Allen  v.  the  Common- 
wealth, which  declared  that  under  certain  circumstances  farming 
was  an  established  business  within  the  meaning  of  the  Metropolitan 
Water  Act,  for  which  damages  could  be  recovered.  Settlements 
were  accordingly  effected  in  several  of  these  suits  by  the  Attorney- 
General,  with  the  approval  of  the  Board.  No  claims  were  disallowed 
during  the  year. 


No.  57.]  AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD.  17 

The  number  of  claims  of  this  class  settled  since  the  beginning  of 
the  Water  Works  has  been  305,  and  the  total  sum  paid  on  account 
of  such  claims  has  been  $149,897.36.  All  of  these  claims  except  18 
have  been  settled  outside  of  the  court*. 

(6)  CLAIMS  AND  SETTLEMENTS  FOR  Loss  OF  EMPLOYMENT. 

No  claims  for  loss  of  employment  by  residents  of  West  Boylston 
have  been  filed  during  the  year,  and  no  settlements  of  cases  of  this 
class  have  been  made.  There  are,  however,  pending  in  the  courts 
two  cases  which  the  Board  refused  to  allow. 

The  whole  number  of  settlements  for  such  claims  effected  since 
the  beginning  of  the  operations  of  the  Board  have  been  474.  The 
total  amount  paid  on  account  of  these  claims  has  been  $85,884.65. 
All  of  these  claims  have  been  settled  without  reapriyfo  the  courts. 

(7)  CLAIMS  AND  SETTLEMENTS  FOR  DEPRECATION  OF  REAL  ESTATE. 

Settlements  for  depreciation  in  the  vWiie  of  real  estate  not  taken 
by  the  Board  were  made  on  account?  lands  situated  in  the  towns 
of  West  Boylston  and  Sterling <^y,  all  of  the  Clinton  cases  having 
been  previously  settled.  S^Sements  have  been  effected  in  17  cases 
of  this  class  during  the  yeai-ending  December  31,  1905,  and  the  sum 
of  $14,089.72  has  been  paid.  Of  these,  2  were  settled  in  the  courts. 

The  total  number  of  claims  for  depreciation  settled  up  to  December 
31,  1905,  has  been  265,  and  the  total  agnount  paid  thereunder  has 
been  $258,485.49.  All  of  these  claims  except  41  were  settled  out 
of  court. 

Many  suits  for  damages  have  been  brought  under  chapter  436  of 
the  Acts  of  the  year  1904,  which  provided  that  the  owners  of  real 
estate  situated  in  that  part  of  the  town  of  Boylston  lying  on  the 
southerly  and  southeasterly  sides  of  the  reservoir  and  within  the 
limits  of  the  Nashua  River  watershed  should  have  the  right  to 
recover  for  the  depreciation  in  value  of  real  estate  not  taken  but 
injured  by  reason  of  the  operations  of  the  Metropolitan  Water  and 
Sewerage  Board,  in  a  manner  similar  to  that  provided  for  owners 
of  real  estate  in  the  town  of  West  Boylston.  No  settlements  have 
yet  been  effected,  and  no  trials  have  been  reached  in  the  pending 
suits. 


18  METROPOLITAN   WATER  [Pub.  Doc. 

(8)  CLAIMS  ON  ACCOUNT  OF  DIVERSION  or  WATER. 

There  have  been  no  claims  filed  during  the  year  for  damages  for 
the  diversion  of  water.  The  total  sum  paid  under  settlements  and 
judgments  for  such  claims  since  the  beginning  of  the  construction 
of  the  Water  Works  has  been  $1,135,708.91. 

The  sums  enumerated  as  paid  in  these  and  in  the  preceding  cases 
do  not  include  amounts  paid  for  expert  services  and  court  expenses. 

IV.     WATER   WORKS  —  MAINTENANCE. 

The  maintenance  and  operation  of  the  Water  Works,  with  the 
exception  of  the  Wachusett  Reservoir  and  Aqueduct  and  the  Clinton 
Sewerage  Works,  have  been  in  charge  of  the  Engineer  of  the  Sud- 
bury  and  Distribution  departments.  He  is  assisted  by  Charles  E. 
Haberstroh,  who  has  the  immediate  supervision  of  the  Sudbury  and 
Cochituate  works  and  of  the  portion  of  the  Weston  Aqueduct  above 
the  Weston  Reservoir;  by  George  E.  Wilde,  who  has  the  immediate 
supervision  of  the  Weston  Reservoir  and  the  remainder  of  the 
Weston  Aqueduct  and  of  all  the  reservoirs  and  pipe  lines  within  the 
Metropolitan  District ;  and  by  John  W.  Lynch,  who  has  charge  of 
the  several  pumping  stations.  The  maintenance  of  the  Wachusett 
Reservoir  and  Aqueduct  has  been  in  charge  of  the  Engineer  of  the 
Dam  and  Reservoir  Department. 

(1)  OPERATION  OF  WORKS. 

Maintenance  in  connection  with  the  Water  Works  has  embraced 
the  care  and  operation  of  the  Chestnut  Hill  high-service  and  low- 
service  pumping  stations ;  the  Spot  Pond,  Arlington  and  West 
Roxbury  pumping  stations ;  the  Clinton  sewerage  pumping  station 
and  filter-beds  at  Clinton ;  the  Pegan  Brook  pumping  station  and 
filter-beds  at  Natick ;  the  Mystic  pumping  station  at  Medford ;  the 
Wachusett  Reservoir,  Lake  Cochituate,  the  Sudbury  Reservoir, 
and  the  various  smaller  storage  reservoirs  in  the  Sudbury  watershed  ; 
the  Marl  borough  filter-beds ;  Spot  Pond,  Chestnut  Hill  Reservoir, 
and  the  smaller  distributing  reservoirs  in  different  portions  of  the 
District;  the  Cochituate,  Sudbury,  Wachusett  and  Weston  aque- 
ducts ;  about  84  miles  of  distributing  pipes  ;  as  well  as  the  various  pipe 
yards,  gate-houses,  siphon  and  terminal  chambers  and  other  struc- 
tures connected  with  the  several  reservoirs  and  aqueducts,  dwellings 


No.  57.]  AND   SEWERAGE  BOARD.  19 

for  attendants,  and  various  other  buildings  used  or  held  for  operat- 
ing purposes. 

All  of  these  works,  with  the  exception  of  the  Mystic  pumping 
station,  have  been  in  active  operation  during  the  year. 

(2)   STORAGE  RESERVOIRS. 

The  reservoirs  of  the  Cochituate  and  Sudbury  watersheds  have 
normal  capacities  amounting  to  15,858,500,000  gallons,  though  a 
somewhat  larger  amount  of  water  is  actually  held  by  these  reservoirs 
at  the  periods  of  maximum  height  of  the  water.  These  capacities 
are  as  follows  :  — 

Cochituate  watershed :  —  Gallons. 

Lake  Cochituate,  including  Dudley  Pond,       .        .        .  2,242,400,000 

Sudbury  watershed :  — 

Sudbury  Reservoir, *  7,253,500,000 

Framingham  Reservoir  No.  1,         .        ,        .        .        .  287,500,000 

Framingham  Reservoir  No.  2,         .        ,       '.....        .  529,900,000 

Framingham  Reservoir  No.  3 1,183,500,000 

Ashland  Reservoir, 1,416,400,000 

Hopkinton  Reservoir, 1,520,900,000 

Whitehall  Reservoir, 1,256,900,000 

Farm  Pond 167,500,000 


Total,         .        .        . 15,858,500,000 

The  new  Wachusett  Reservoir  has  a  capacity  of  more  than  63,- 
000,000,000  gallons. 

The  quantity  of  water  stored  in  all  of  the  storage  reservoirs, 
including  the  Wachusett  Reservoir,  on  January  1,  1905,  was  15,638,- 
100,000  gallons.  This  quantity  was  increased  by  the  early  rainfalls 
in  January  by  about  4,000,000,000  gallons.  Subsequently  the 
quantity  was  lessened  until  the  spring  rains  came.  By  these  rains 
the  quantity  was  increased  to  a  maximum,  on  May  1,  of  33,708,- 
200,000  gallons.  In  the  following  four  months  there  was  a  loss  in 
storage  of  about  7,000,000,000  gallons.  The  early  rains  of  Septem- 
ber, however,  caused  an  increase  of  about  4,000,000,000  gallons, 
and  at  the  end  of  the  year  the  quantity  stored  was  28,971,900,000 
gallons,  an  excess  of  13,333,800,000  gallons  over  the  quantity  in 
storage  at  the  end  of  the  preceding  year. 

The  Wachusett  Reservoir  contained,  at  the  beginning  of  the  year 
1905,  4,409,600,000  gallons  of  water,  the  water  being  33  feet  deep 


20  METROPOLITAN   WATER  [Pub.  Doc. 

at  the  dam.  The  largest  quantity  of  water  held  in  the  reservoir  was 
on  April  28,  when  it  contained  20,697,900,000  gallons,  having  a 
depth  at  the  dam  of  65.6  feet.  There  were  17,115,300,000  gallons 
in  storage  at  the  end  of  the  year.  An  average  of  2,309,000  gallons 
per  day  was  discharged  from  the  reservoir  into  the  river  below  the 
dam,  under  the  requirements  of  law,  for  the  use  of  the  Lancaster 
mills  and  others.  Had  there  been  a  normal  rainfall,  especially  dur- 
ing the  earlier  part  of  the  year,  when  the  larger  part  of  water  in 
storage  is  collected,  a  much  greater  quantity  would  have  been  stored. 

An  average  of  71,877,000  gallons  per  day  was  drawn  from  the 
Wachusett  Reservoir  and  conveyed  through  the  Wachusett  Aqueduct 
into  the  Sudbury  Reservoir.  The  Sudbury  Reservoir  was  kept  full 
or  nearly  full  during  the  entire  year,  as  well  as  Fraruingham  Reser- 
voir No.  3.  The  water  in  the  Sudbury  Reservoir  in  part  overflowed 
or  was  discharged  through  pipes  into  Framingham  Reservoir  No.  3, 
which  is  situated  directly  below  upon  the  river,  and  in  part  was  dis- 
charged into  the  Weston  Aqueduct.  Water  was  drawn  from  Fram- 
ingham Reservoir  No.  2  during  periods  amounting  to  10  months  ; 
from  Ashland  Reservoir  during  6  months ;  from  Hopkinton  Reser- 
voir during  6  months ;  and  from  Whitehall  Reservoir  during  a 
period  of  about  2  months.  During  all  or  parts  of  15  days  water 
was  drawn  from  Framingham  Reservoir  No.  1  and  discharged  into 
Lake  Cochituate.  No  water  was  drawn  from  Farm  Pond  for  the 
use  of  the  Metropolitan  District  during  the  year. 

Lake  Cochituate  was  maintained  at  a  high  level  during  nearly  all 
of  the  year,  the  lowest  level  reached  being  in  November,  when  the 
surface  of  the  water  was  about  6|-  feet  below  high  water.  An  aver- 
age of  15,313,000  gallons  per  day  was  drawn  from  the  lake  during 
the  year.  During  the  month  of  July  20,800,000  gallons  were  dis- 
charged from  Dudley  Pond  into  Lake  Cochituate.  The  water  from 
Dug  Pond  is  received  into  the  lake  by  an  overflow  pipe. 

It  is  estimated  that  the  Spot  Pond  watershed  yielded  an  average 
of  310,000  gallons  per  day,  which  was  in  addition  to  the  quantity 
pumped  into  the  pond. 

Near  the  Sudbury  Dam  a  gravel  driveway  has  been  built  over  the 
northerly  end  of  the  dam  to  the  head-house  of  the  Weston  Aqueduct, 
and  unsightly  places  below  the  dam  have  been  covered  with  loam. 
A  large  number  of  trees  have  been  set  out  on  the  grounds,  and 
slight  repairs  have  been  required  on  the  retaining  wall  of  the  channel 


No.  57.]  AND   SEWERAGE  BOARD.  21 

below  the  dam.  At  Lake  Cochituate,  and  also  at  the  Framingham 
and  Ashland  reservoirs  and  at  Farm  Pond,  various  repairs  have  been 
required  on  the  buildings  and  gate-houses  and  in  the  masonry  con- 
nected with  the  dams. 

(3)  DISTRIBUTING  RESERVOIRS. 

The  distributing  reservoirs,  being  situated  within  the  Metropoli- 
tan District,  are  maintained  both  for  facilitating  the  distribution  of 
water  and  affording  protection  in  cases  of  emergency.  They  are 
usually  kept  filled,  or  nearly  filled,  with  water.  The  Weston  Reser- 
voir is  included  in  the  list  of  distributing  reservoirs,  as  it  contains  a 
considerable  quantity  of  water  which  is  available  for  emergencies, 
although  its  particular  purpose  is  that  of  an  equalizing  reservoir. 
The  capacities  of  these  reservoirs  are  as  follows  :  — 

Capacity  In 
Gallons. 

Spot  Pond, .        .        .        .        .  1,791,700,000 

Chestnut  Hill  Reservoir,      .        .        .        .-•'""»        .  300,000,000 

Fells  Reservoir .  41,400,000 

Mystic  Reservoir, 26,200,000 

Waban  Hill  Reservoir, 13,500,000 

Forbes  Hill  Reservoir, 5,100,000 

Bear  Hill  Reservoir, 2,450,000 

Arlington  Standpipe, 550,000 

Forbes  Hill  Standpipe, 330,000 

Weston  Reservoir, 200,000,000 


Total .     2,381,230,000 

The  grounds  about  the  Chestnut  Hill  Reservoir,  Spot  Pond,  Fells, 
Mystic  and  Forbes  Hill  reservoirs  are  kept  in  an  attractive  condi- 
tion, and  considerable  expenditures  have  also  to  be  made  for  the 
care  of  the  driveways  and  shrubbery.  There  are  many  visitors  to 
these  grounds  during  the  summer  season,  and  the  people  are  per- 
mitted to  frequent  them,  subject  to  such  regulations  as  are  necessary 
for  the  purpose  of  keeping  the  grounds  in  proper  order  and  pre- 
venting the  pollution  of  the  water. 

Considerable  work  has  been  required  at  the  Chestnut  Hill  Reser- 
voir in  the  replacing  and  rebuilding  of  walks,  and  in  the  repairs 
and  renewals  for  the  various  gate-houses.  The  water  of  the  Mystic 
Reservoir  was  shut  off,  and  the  reservoir,  for  the  first  time  in  thir- 
teen years,  was  thoroughly  cleaned.  Other  repairs  of  a  minor 


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nature  have  been  required  on  various  buildings  and  gate-houses  con- 
nected with  the  various  reservoirs. 

Mystic  Lake,  having  a  capacity  of  380,000,000  gallons,  is  not  now 
used  for  purposes  of  water  supply,  but  is  maintained  in  good  repair, 
and  its  waters  may  be  used  in  case  of  emergency.  The  high-service 
reservoir  in  the  city  of  Chelsea,  by  an  arrangement  made  with  the 
Water  Commissioners  of  that  city,  may  be  used,  if  necessary,  for 
supplying  other  cities  and  towns  in  the  northern  portion  of  the 
District.  This  reservoir  has  a  capacity  of  916,500  gallons. 

The  steel  cylindrical  structure  constituting  the  Arlington  stand- 
pipe  is  not  enclosed  by  any  surrounding  framework  or  barrier,  and 
is  entirely  unprotected.  Standing  at  the  top  of  Arlington  Heights, 
it  is  seen  from  a  great  distance  in  all  directions.  It  not  only  lacks 
the  protection  which  such  a  permanent  structure  should  be  afforded, 
but  presents  an  unsightly  appearance  for  an  important  public  work. 
The  Board  has  recommended  to  the  Legislature  of  the  present  year 
an  appropriation  for  enclosing  the  standpipe  with  a  masonry  tower. 

(4)  AQUEDUCTS. 

The  Wachusett  Aqueduct  was  in  use  266  days  during  the  year, 
and  an  average  of  71,877,000  gallons  per  day  was  conveyed  during 
the  periods  of  its  use  to  the  Sudbury  Reservoir.  This  aqueduct 
was  closed  for  a  thorough  cleaning  during  6  days.  It  has  been  the 
policy  during  the  year  to  draw  water  from  Lake  Cochituate  and 
the  reservoirs  on  the  Sudbury  River  when  their  supply  is  sufficient 
for  the  purpose  and  of  acceptable  quality,  in  order  that  the  Wachu- 
sett Reservoir  may  be  more  speedily  filled. 

The  Sudbury  Aqueduct  was  in  operation  359  days,  it  being  shut 
off  during  the  remaining  days  of  the  year  for  cleaning.  An  average 
of  75,384,000  gallons  per  day  was  conveyed  through  the  aqueduct 
and  discharged  principally  into  Chestnut  Hill  Reservoir,  but  at  times 
water  was  discharged  into  pipes  leading  to  the  pumping  station. 
Many  of  the  manhole  openings,  which  were  built  at  intervals  along 
the  aqueduct  for  access,  were  reconstructed  in  part  and  improved. 

The  Cochituate  Aqueduct  was  in  service  on  249  days,  and  during 
the  period  when  not  in  use  the  aqueduct  was  thoroughly  cleaned. 
An  average  of  15, 313, 000  gallons  per  day  was  conveyed  through  the 
aqueduct,  and,  as  in  the  Sudbury  Aqueduct,  discharged  into  the 
Chestnut  Hill  Reservoir  or  into  pipes  leading  to  the  pumping  station. 


No.  57.]  AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD.  23 

Several  manholes  have  been  improved  in  a  manner  similar  to  that 
which  was  adopted  on  the  Sudbury  Aqueduct. 

In  the  Weston  Aqueduct  the  work  of  cutting  out  and  pointing 
cracks,  which  had  developed  soon  after  construction,  begun  in  the 
previous  year,  was  completed.  Trees  have  been  set  out  at  the  reser- 
voir, and  at  one  point  dikes  have  been  built  in  order  to  divert  the 
water  into  a  proper  channel.  The  aqueduct  was  in  use  302  days, 
and  an  average  of  30,742,000  gallons  per  day  was  conveyed  directly 
to  the  distributing  pipes  in  the  Metropolitan  Water  District. 

(5)  PUMPING  STATIONS. 

About  75  per  cent,  of  all  the  water  supplied  to  the  Metropolitan 
Water  District  has  been  pumped  at  the  Chestnut  Hill  high-service 
and  low-service  stations.  The  remainder  of  the  water  is  not  pumped, 
but  is  delivered  by  gravity  from  the  Weston  Aqueduct  into  the  main 
pipes  of  the  Distributing  System.  The  total  quantity  of  water 
pumped  at  all  the  stations,  amounting  to  35,986,230,000  gallons, 
was  1,024,140,000  gallons  more  than  during  the  preceding  year. 
From  the  Chestnut  Hill  low-service  pumping  station  the  water  is 
pumped  to  the  lower  districts  of  Boston,  Somerville,  Chelsea,  Mai- 
den, Medford,  Everett  and  Arlington,  and  also  to  Spot  Pond.  The 
water  is  pumped  from  the  Chestnut  Hill  high-service  station  to  the 
higher  districts  of  Boston,  Quincy,  Watertown,  Belmont  and  a  part 
of  Milton.  Water  is  pumped  a  second  time  from  Spot  Pond  to 
Melrose,  Revere,  Winthrop,  Nahant,  Swampscott  and  the  higher 
portions  of  Somerville,  Chelsea,  Maiden,  Medford  and  Everett,  from 
a  station  in  Arlington  to  Lexington  and  the  higher  portions  of 
Arlington,  and  from  a  station  in  West  Roxbury  to  the  higher  por- 
tions of  West  Roxbury  and  Milton.  The  quantity  of  water  pumped 
in  the  Chestnut  Hill  low-service  station  was  less  than  in  the  preced- 
ing year,  but  in  all  of  the  other  stations  there  was  an  increase  in  the 
quantity,  especially  at  the  West  Roxbury  pumping  station.  At  the 
latter  station  the  increase  was  26.2  per  cent,  over  the  preceding 
year.  The  quantity  delivered  from  this  station  has  become  so  great 
as  nearly  to  equal  the  capacity  of  the  station,  and  some  action  will 
soon  be  called  for  in  order  to  give  the  requisite  relief. 

The  cost  of  operating  the  stations  was  $93,752.58,  or  $2.605  per 
million  gallons  pumped,  which  was  1  cent  less  than  the  cost  during 
the  preceding  year. 


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The  cost  per  million  gallons  raised  1  foot  was  for  the  Chestnut 
Hill  high-service  station  $0.024,  for  the  Chestnut  Hill  low-service 
station  $0.031,  for  the  Spot  Pond  pumping  station  $0.031,  for  the 
West  Roxbury  station  $0.192,  for  the  Arlington  station  $0.096. 
These  prices  differ,  decreasing  according!}'  as  the  quantities  of  water 
pumped  increase.  There  has  been  a  very  slight  decrease  in  the  cost 
of  fuel.  A  greater  amount  of  repair  work  than  usual  has  been  re- 
quired at  the  Chestnut  Hill  high-service  station,  particularly  on  ac- 
count of  repairs  which  have  been  necessary  in  the  smaller  and  older 
engines. 

A  contract  has  been  made  for  a  new  pumping  engine  for  the 
Arlington  pumping  station,  and  studies  are  in  progress  for  the  build- 
ing of  a  new  station  in  place  of  the  temporary  building  which  has 
been  used  since  1899. 

Many  tests  have  been  made  during  the  year  in  order  to  determine 
the  qualities  of  the  oils  used  at  the  various  stations,  and  also  to  ascer- 
tain the  heating  power  and  values  of  all  the  kinds  of  coal  which  have 
been  used. 

(6)  PIPE  LINES  AND  PIPE  YARDS. 

But  a  single  break  occurred  in  the  various  pipe  lines  in  operation 
throughout  the  District.  This  break,  which  occurred  near  the  Chest- 
nut Hill  low-service  pumping  station,  was  caused  by  uneven  settle- 
ment of  the  ground,  and  was  repaired  without  disturbance  and  at  a 
very  small  expenditure.  There  have  been  discovered  and  repaired 
during  the  year  16  leaks,  the  most  serious  troubles  occurring  in  the 
crossings  of  the  Mystic  and  Charles  rivers.  For  the  repair  of  the 
pipes  at  the  river  crossings  the  services  of  a  diver  were  required,  but 
otherwise  all  of  the  labor  has  been  performed  by  the  emergency  and 
repair  forces  of  the  Metropolitan  Works. 

It  has  been  necessary  during  the  year  to  add  two  meters  to  the 
number  of  those,  principally  Venturi  meters,  which  have  been  placed 
in  the  main  pipe  lines  for  the  purpose  of  measuring  the  amounts 
of  water  supplied  to  the  different  cities  and  towns  in  the  District. 
There  are  now  in  operation  56  of  these  meters.  The  operation  and 
registration  of  these  meters  and  maintenance  in  proper  condition  has 
required  the  care  of  two  men. 


No.  57.]  AND   SEWERAGE  BOARD.  25 

(7)  SEWERAGE  AND  FILTRATION  WORKS. 

(a)    Clinton  Sewerage    Works. 

There  was  still  a  decrease  in  the  amount  of  sewage  received  during 
the  year  at  the  Clinton  Sewerage  Works,  about  97.000  gallons  per 
day  less  being  pumped  and  filtered  than  during  the  year  1904. 
Some  of  this  decrease  was  undoubtedly  due  to  the  continued  exten- 
sion of  the  metering  of  water  services  in  Clinton,  by  which  the  waste 
of  water  has  been  checked ;  but  more  is  due  to  the  comparatively 
small  amount  of  water  which  has  run  in  the  river,  and  the  consequent 
decrease  in  the  amount  entering  leaky  sewers  which  are  located  near 
the  river.  Experimentation  has  been  continued  during  the  year  in 
methods  of  using  the  various  filter-beds  and  caring  for  them. 
Although  there  was  a  considerable  increase  in  the  percentage  of 
organic  matter  removed  from  the  sewage,  the  character  of  the  effluent 
from  the  filter-beds  has  remained  about  the  same  as  in  preceding 
years.  Experiments  will  be  continued  for  the  purpose  of  increasing 
the  efficiency  of  the  system. 

(6)  Marlborough  Brook  Filter-beds. 

The  filter-beds  at  the  head  of  the  Sudbury  Reservoir,  which  have 
been  built  to  receive  the  water  from  the  brook  flowing  through  the 
city  of  Marlborough,  and  also  those  built  to  receive  the  contents  of 
the  overflow  sewer  which  has  recently  been  built,  have  been  in  suc- 
cessful use  during  the  year,  and  they  have  properly  filtered  all  the 
water  received  except  for  a  few  hours  on  a  single  day  in  the  month 
of  January.  The  beds  have  been  subjected  to  cleaning,  and  certain 
repairs  and  improvements  in  the  system  have  been  made.  The  water 
entering  the  reservoir  has  generally  been  satisfactorily  purified  by 
the  filtration. 

(c)  Peg  an  Brook  Filtration   Works. 

The  filter-beds  receiving  the  water  of  Pegan  Brook,  which  is  pol- 
luted by  flowing  through  portions  of  the  town  of  Natick,  have  been 
in  operation  during  202  days.  The  storage  reservoirs  built  to 
receive  the  flow  of  the  brook  and  of  the  intercepting  ditch,  together 
with  the  pumps,  were  sufficient,  except  on  parts  of  6  days,  to  dispose 
of  all  the  waters  coming  from  Pegan  Brook  and  the  intercepting 


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ditch  which  was  dug  around  the  portion  of  Lake  Cochituate  adjacent 
to  the  Pegan  Brook  meadows.  During  the  year  235,317,000  gallons 
of  water  were  pumped  from  the  reservoir  on  to  the  filter-beds. 

(8)  SANITARY  WORK  AND  REGULATIONS. 

The  general  inspection  of  the  Wachusett,  Sudbury  and  Cochituate 
watersheds  has  continued  to  be  exercised  during  the  year  under  the 
supervision  of  William  W.  Locke,  C.E.,  with  two  regular  assistants  ; 
and  laborers  and  others  have  been  employed  from  time  to  time  to 
carry  out  the  improvements  and  changes  which  have  been  ordered. 
The  services  of  Dr.  J.  J.  Goodwin  of  Clinton,  who  had  for  several 
years  successfully  inspected  the  camps  and  other  buildings  occupied 
by  laborers  in  construction  work,  were  dispensed  with  in  the  latter 
part  of  the  year,  on  account  of  the  near  completion  of  the  contract 
work  at  the  Wachusett  Reservoir. 

There  were  no  cases  of  infectious  disease  arising  within  the 
Wachusett  Reservoir  lands.  There  were,  however,  some  cases  of 
typhoid  fever  within  the  limits  of  the  Wachusett  watershed.  As 
soon  as  the  cases  were  reported  they  were  at  once  investigated,  and 
measures  were  taken  by  which  no  pollution  should  reach  any  stream 
entering  the  reservoir.  There  was  a  somewhat  larger  number  of 
cases  of  typhoid  fever  in  the  Sudbury  and  Cochituate  watersheds, 
but  nothing  occurred  to  endanger  the  purity  of  the  water  supply. 
It  is  an  interesting  fact  that  during  the  entire  eight  years  of  contract 
work  upon  the  site  of  the  Wachusett  Reservoir  very  little  sickness 
has  developed  among  the  laborers  or  their  families,  and  there  have 
been  among  them  but  13  cases  of  typhoid  fever  during  the  entire 
period.  This  is  the  more  notable  inasmuch  as  there  have  been  em- 
ployed on  an  average  about  1,200  men  during  all  this  period  of  con- 
struction, and  with  many  of  these  laborers  have  lived  their  families. 

On  the  Wachusett  watershed  there  were  inspected  during  the  year 
1,452  premises,  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  whether  there  were 
any  conditions  which  needed  correction  or  improvement,  the  investi- 
gations being  directed  particularly  to  cesspools,  privy  and  sink 
drainage,  manure  piles  and  manufacturing  wastes.  Of  these,  1,257 
were  declared  satisfactory  at  the  end  of  the  year,  and  195  unsatis- 
factory. Remedies  were  effected  in  74  cases,  and  13  cases  were 
partially  remedied,  largely  by  the  building  of  new  cesspools  and 
cemented  vaults.  On  the  Sudbury  and  Cochituate  watersheds 


No.  57.]  AND   SEWERAGE  BOARD.  27 

7,480  premises  were  inspected,  and  at  the  end  of  the  year  7,119  were 
declared  satisfactory,  and  361  unsatisfactory.  Remedy  by  sewer 
connection  was  obtained  in  161  cases.  There  were  remedied  other- 
wise 10  premises;  61  premises  were  partially  remedied;  and  144 
cesspools  were  abandoned  on  account  of  the  sewer  connections. 
Much  improvement  has  also  been  etfected  in  both  watersheds  by  the 
burning,  tearing  down  or  removal  of  old  buildings. 

The  various  drainage  ditches  in  these  watersheds  have  been  kept 
in  good  order  and  repair,  and  have  been  properly  cleaned. 

It  has  been  deemed  proper  to  acquire  by  purchase  one  of  the  larger 
mill  properties  situated  on  the  Quinepoxet  River  in  that  portion  of 
the  town  of  Holden  lying  near  the  reservoir,  and  two  or  three  other 
small  mills,  the  situation  of  which  was  such  as  particularly  to  endan- 
ger the  quality  of  the  water  supply,  have  also  been  acquired. 

A  new  sanitary  census  of  all  the  watersheds,  which  had  been  begun 
in  the  year  1904,  was  completed  during  the  past  year.  There  appear 
to  be  in  the  Wachusett  watershed,  embracing  an  area  of  118.31 
square  miles,  1,658  dwellings  and  other  occupied  buildings,  102 
vacant  buildings  and  273  summer  cottages  ;  and  upon  this  area  there 
is  a  permanent  population  of  5,772,  and  a  summer  population  of 
1,900  in  addition.  The  permanent  population  is  49  per  square  mile, 
and  the  total  combined  permanent  and  summer  population  is  65  per 
square  mile. 

Upon  the  Sudbury  watershed,  having  an  area  of  75.20  square 
miles,  there  are  4,607  occupied  buildings  and  303  vacant  buildings, 
with  a  total  population  of  21,131,  of  whom  10,575  occupy  dwellings 
not  connected  with  sewers.  This  area  has  a  population  per  square 
mile  of  281,  and  the  population  per  square  mile  in  dwellings  not 
connected  with  sewers  is  141. 

On  the  Cochituate  watershed,  having  an  area  of  19.84  square  miles, 
there  are  2,873  occupied  buildings  and  74  vacant  buildings,  and 
there  is  a  population  of  15,508,  of  whom  6,521  occupy  dwellings 
not  connected  with  sewers.  The  population  per  square  mile  is  782, 
and  the  population  occupying  dwellings  not  connected  with  sewers 
is  329  per  square  mile.  The  figures  above  given  for  the  Cochituate 
watershed  do  not  include  71  small  cottages  and  camps  on  the  shores 
of  Lake  Cochituate,  with  a  population  of  214  on  August  1,  1905. 

Beside  the  regular  examination  of  samples  of  water  collected 
from  the  various  points  on  the  works,  made  by  the  State  Board  of 


28  METROPOLITAN  WATER  [Pub.  Doc. 

Health,  collections  of  samples  are  made  weekly  from  many  points, 
and  these  are  examined  by  the  biological  force  of  the  Board  micro- 
scopically, and  for  color,  odor,  taste  and  turbidity.  During  the  year 
2,595  microscopical  and  604  bacterial  examinations  were  thus  made. 

Boating  and  fishing  in  Lake  Cochituate  have  so  increased  within 
the  past  few  years  that  the  Board  has  felt  compelled  to  take  some 
action  for  the  preservation  of  the  purity  of  the  water.  Although 
a  margin  around  the  lake  is  owned  by  the  Commonwealth,  this 
margin  is  narrow,  and  cottages  are  built  in  close  proximity  to  the 
lake.  The  number  of  these  cottages  has  greatly  increased  even 
during  the  past  year.  The  attention  of  buyers  has  been  publicly 
called  to  small  lots  laid  out  for  sale,  and  propositions  have  been  made 
for  the  establishment  of  large  recreation  and  picnic  grounds  in  the 
immediate  vicinity  of  the  lake.  Land  adjacent  to  the  margins  has 
also  been  more  and  more  leased  for  short  periods  to  campers,  who 
erect  tents  and  adopt  practices  which  are  far  from  sanitary  in  their 
nature.  These  various  inducements  held  out  were  attracting  to  the 
lake  persons  coming  largely  from  places  outside  of  the  immediate 
neighborhood. 

As  water  for  the  supply  of  the  Metropolitan  District  is  drawn  from 
the  northern  division  of  the  lake,  the  section  situated  north  of  the 
county  road  known  as  Lake  Avenue,  and  is  delivered  from  the  aque- 
duct for  a  portion  of  the  time  directly  into  the  distributing  pipes  of 
the  District,  the  Board  determined  it  to  be  necessary  to  prohibit,  on 
and  after  January  1,  1906,  boating  and  fishing  in  this  division  of 
the  lake. 

It  has,  however,  been  the  desire  of  the  Board  that  the  remainder 
of  the  lake  should  still  be  used  for  boating  and  fishing  by  those 
having  permanent  cottages  about  the  lake,  and  the  neighboring  resi- 
dents, so  far  as  is  consistent  with  the  preservation  of  the  purity  of 
the  water.  Provision  has  been  made  for  the  registration  of  all  boats 
which  shall  be  used  upon  the  lake,  in  order  that  they  may  be  brought 
more  under  the  observation  and  supervision  of  the  agents  of  the 
Board.  Licenses  are  also  to  be  issued  for  the  use  of  the  boats  thus 
registered ;  and  beginning  with  the  year  1906  boating  is  to  be  per- 
mitted only  for  the  season  extending  from  April  1  to  September  20, 
inclusive.  The  limit  in  number  of  boats  to  be  registered  has  been 
fixed  at  125,  and  in  the  registration  of  the  boats  consideration  is  to 
be  given  to  the  question  of  the  residence  of  the  applicant,  whether  in 


No.  57.]  AND   SEWERAGE   BOAED.  29 

the  neighborhood  of  the  lake  or  otherwise,  and  of  his  ownership 
of  a  cottage  or  permanent  camp  now  existing. 

Applications  for  registration  of  boats  are  to  be  made  to  the  Assist- 
ant Superintendent  of  the  Metropolitan  Water  Works  at  South 
Framingham,  for  which  blanks  are  furnished  by  the  Board.  It  is 
required  that  the  applicant  shall  state  the  character  of  the  boat,  its 
length,  color,  name,  if  any,  and  the  owner's  name,  residence  and 
post-office  address,  and  the  place  where  the  boat  is  to  be  kept.  He 
is  also  to  state  the  names,  residence  and  relationship  to  the  owner 
of  the  persons  to  whom  he  desires  licenses  to  be  given  for  the  use  of 
the  boat,  the  licenses  to  be  limited  to  the  owners  and  immediate 
members  of  their  families.  It  is  provided  that  the  boat  when  used 
shall  be  in  charge  of  one  of  the  licensees,  and  shall  not  be  let  or  be 
used  for  the  carrying  of  passengers  for  compensation.  A  fee  of  $1 
is  required  for  registration,  and  the  owner  receives  a  plate  bear- 
ing a  number,  which  must  be  attached  to  the  boat  in  such  position 
as  required  by  the  agent  of  the  Board,  and  which  must  always  be 
kept  in  sight.  Registration  is,  of  course,  revokable  by  the  Board  in 
case  of  any  violation  of  the  rules  or  requirements  of  the  Board. 

Fishing  is  permitted  during  the  season  above  mentioned,  in  the 
sections  of  the  lake  situated  southerly  from  Lake  Avenue,  in  boats 
which  have  been  duly  registered  and  numbered  and  are  used  in 
accordance  with  the  requirements  of  the  Board.  Permission  is  also 
given  to  enter  from  the  highway  and  fish  in  the  lake  during  the  same 
season,  and  to  enter  from  the  highway  and  fish  through  the  ice  in 
the  same  portion  of  the  waters  of  the  lake  at  other  seasons. 

The  Board  trusts  that  with  the  adoption  of  such  measures  the  lake 
may  be  used  by  those  who  should  more  properly  be  entitled  to  the 
use,  in  a  manner  which  shall  not  injure  the  purity  of  the  water  as  a 
source  of  water  supply. 

(9)  QUALITY  OF  THE  WATER. 

The  quality  of  the  water  has  been  satisfactory  and  has  been  sub- 
stantially the  same  as  for  the  preceding  two  years.  At  times,  par- 
ticularly in  the  autumn,  microscopic  organisms  were  found  more 
than  usually  abundant  in  one  or  another  of  the  reservoirs,  and  the 
water  has  at  times  acquired  a  somewhat  more  noticeable  taste  and 
odor,  although  these  organisms  have  not  been  at  all  injurious  to  the 
public  health.  There  has  been  little  or  no  complaint  from  water 


30  METROPOLITAN  WATER  [Pub.  Doc. 

takers  during  the  year.  With  the  filling  of  the  Wachusett  Reservoir 
and  the  opportunity  afforded  for  longer  storage,  it  is  anticipated 
that  there  will  be  in  the  near  future  a  still  greater  improvement  in 
the  quality  of  the  water. 

(10)  THE  WATER   SUPPLY. 

Owing  to  the  small  rainfall,  especially  at  the  season  of  the  year 
when  water  is  collected  in  the  reservoirs,  the  yield  of  the  various 
watersheds  has  been  very  small  in  comparison  with  that  of  the  pre- 
ceding years.  The  total  rainfall  on  the  Sudbury  watershed  was  3.78 
inches  below  the  average,  and  the  yield  of  the  watershed  was  26  per 
cent,  below  the  average  of  the  preceding  thirty  years.  The  rain- 
fall on  the  Wachusett  watershed  was  5.77  inches  below  the  average, 
and  the  yield  of  the  watershed  was  also  27  per  cent,  less  than  the 
average  of  the  preceding  eight  years  during  which  records  have  been 
kept. 

Water  was  supplied  during  the  year  to  all  of  the  cities  and  towns 
embraced  within  the  Metropolitan  Water  District,  except  the  city  of 
Newton  and  the  town  of  Hyde  Park.  Water  was  also  supplied  to 
the  town  of  Swampscott,  which  is  without  the  limits  of  the  District, 
by  a  special  agreement  made  with  that  town  ;  and  a  small  part  of  the 
town  of  Saugus  is  supplied  by  the  town  of  Revere,  under  an  arrange- 
ment with  the  Board.  The  estimated  population,  as  of  July  1, 
1905,  supplied  with  water  was  902,090.  The  town  of  Revere  was 
supplied  with  water  by  the  Revere  Water  Company  until  April  1, 
1905,  at  which  time  the  town  acquired  the  works  of  water  supply, 
and  since  that  date  the  town  has  directly  supplied  its  inhabitants. 

The  city  of  Newton  and  the  town  of  Hyde  Park  have  as  yet  made 
no  application  for  a  supply  of  water,  and,  the  Board  being  of  the 
opinion  that  these  municipalities  have  not  reached  the  safe  capac- 
ities of  their  own  sources  of  supply  in  a  dry  year,  they  have  been 
charged,  in  accordance  with  the  Metropolitan  Water  Act,  but  one- 
sixth  of  the  entire  assessment  which  they  would  have  been  called 
upon  to  pay  had  they  received  a  water  supply  from  the  Metropolitan 
sources. 

The  water  supplied  by  the  Metropolitan  Water  System  to  the 
various  cities  and  towns  amounted  to  a  total  of  43,215,210,000  gal- 
lons, an  average  daily  supply  of  118,398,000  gallons,  and  a  daily 


No.  57.]  AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD.  31 

average  of  131  gallons  for  each  inhabitant.  The  city  of  Newton  and 
the  town  of  Hyde  Park  supplied  from  their  own  sources  to  their 
respective  inhabitants  a  total  of  1,194,567,400  gallons,  being  a  daily 
average  of  63  gallons  per  inhabitant. 

The  city  of  Cambridge  again  made  a  request  for  a  temporary  sup- 
ply of  water,  on  account  of  its  inability  to  obtain  a  sufficiency  of 
proper  water  for  domestic  purposes  from  its  own  works.  The  city 
was  proceeding  with  proper  diligence  in  the  laying  of  a  new  pipe 
line  to  relieve  its  necessities ;  but,  the  season  being  much  drier  than 
could  have  been  anticipated,  it  had  become  impossible  for  the  city 
to  obtain  a  sufficient  supply  for  the  time  being  from  its  own  works 
without  lowering  Fresh  Pond  to  such  an  extent  as  to  threaten  the 
public  health.  The  evidence  of  physicians  and  experts  was  pre- 
sented to  the  Board,  showing  that  the  health  of  the  inhabitants  of 
that  city  svould  be  seriously  menaced  if  the  water  continued  to  be 
drawn  from  the  pond  without  reinforcement  from  other  sources. 
Although  the  city  of  Cambridge  had  not  obtained  any  legislation,  as 
had  been  expected,  by  which  the  temporary  furnishing  of  water 
should  be  authorized  by  statute  in  case  of  emergenc}',  the  Board 
reached  the  opinion  that  the  situation  was  so  dangerous  that  it  would 
not  be  justified  in  refusing  to  grant  still  another  temporary  supply, 
particularly  as  no  injury  or  detriment  could  come  to  the  Metropoli- 
tan District  thereby.  Accordingly,  269,170,000  gallons  of  water 
were  furnished  to  that  city  from  August  4  to  September  6,  the 
water  being  supplied  at  such  times  and  in  such  quantities  as  the 
Board  determined,  and  subject  to  the  same  limitations  and  restric- 
tions as  applied  to  the  cities  and  towns  of  the  Metropolitan  Water 
District.  The  Board  received  for  this  temporary  supply  the  sum- 
of  $13,458.50. 

The  town  of  Wakefield  was  compelled  for  about  a  week  in  the 
month  of  October  to  suspend  the  operation  of  its  works  for  the  pur- 
pose of  making  necessary  changes  and  repairs,  and  for  this  purpose 
4,000,000  gallons  of  water  were  supplied  to  that  town.  Arrange- 
ments have  also  been  made  for  supplying  water  to  the  United  States 
Government  reservation  on  Peddock's  Island,  through  pipes  which 
are  laid  to  the  island  from  Hough's  Neck  and  across  Nut  Island  in 
Q.uincy,  and  during  the  past  year  there  were  so  supplied  1,608,000 
gallons. 


32  METROPOLITAN  WATER  [Pub.  Doc. 

V.     WATER   WORKS  —  FINANCIAL   STATEMENT. 

The  Metropolitan  Water  Loans  authorized  for  the  construction 
and  acquisition  of  works  have  amounted  to  $40,000,000.  To  this 
sum  are  added  the  proceeds  from  the  sale  of  certain  property  by  the 
Board,  and  these  amounted  on  January  1,  1906,  to  $123,765.50. 
The  total  amount,  therefore,  which  the  Board  has  been  authorized  to 
expend  is  $40,123,765.50.  The  amount  of  expenditures  approved 
by  the  Board  for  payment  out  of  the  Metropolitan  Water  Loan  Fund 
was,  for  the  year  1905,  $655,958.47  ;  and  the  total  amount  so  ap- 
proved for  payment  since  the  beginning  of  the  work  up  to  January 
1,  1906,  has  been  $39,044,214.23.  There  was  accordingly  a  balance 
remaining  at  the  beginning  of  the  year  amounting  to  $1,079,551.27. 

The  Treasurer  of  the  Commonwealth  has  issued  from  time  to  time, 
on  the  request  of  the  Board,  bonds  to  the  amount  of  $39,150,000. 
These  bonds  were  issued  for  terms  of  391/2  and  40  years  from 
the  date  of  issue,  and  bear  interest  at  the  rate  of  3  per  cent,  and 
3^  per  cent,  per  annum.  The  sinking  fund  established  for  the 
payment  of  the  bonds  at  maturity  amounted  on  January  1,  1906,  to 
$4,207,045.69. 

The  amount  approved  by  the  Board  for  the  maintenance  and  opera- 
tion of  the  Water  Works  for  the  year  1905,  which  was  paid  out  of 
the  annual  assessments,  was  $318,677.57. 

The  assessments  for  the  year  1905  for  the  payment  of  interest  on 
the  bonds,  for  the  sinking  fund  requirements,  and  for  the  expenses 
of  operation  and  maintenance  of  the  Water  Works,  which  were 
levied  upon  the  various  cities  and  towns  in  the  Metropolitan  Dis- 
trict, amounted  to  $2,177,586.39. 

Receipts  from  sales  of  water  to  municipalities  not  belonging  to 
the  District  and  to  water  companies  were  distributed  back  to  the  cities 
and  towns,  in  proportion  to  their  respective  assessments,  to  the 
amount  of  $19,764.25. 

The  detailed  financial  statement  regarding  the  Metropolitan  Water 
Works  is  as  follows  :  — 

(1)  METROPOLITAN  WATER  LOANS,  RECEIPTS  AND  PAYMENTS. 

The  loans  for  the  construction  and  acquisition  of  the  Metropolitan 
Water  Works,  the  receipts  which  are  added  to  the  proceeds  of 
these  loans,  the  expenditures  for  the  construction  and  acquisition 


No.  57.] 


AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD. 


33 


of  works,  and  the  balance  available  on  January  1,  1906,  have  been 
as  follows  :  — 


Loan  under  chapter  488  of  the  Acts  of  1895,    . 
Loan  under  chapter  453  of  the  Acts  of  1901,    . 


.  $27,000,000  00 
.     13,000,000  00 


$40,000,000  00 

Proceeds  from  the  sales  of  property  applicable  to  the  construction 
and  acquisition  of  works  (of  which  $28,194.65  is  for  the  year 
1905) 123,765  50 


$40,123,765  50 

Amount  approved  by  the  Metropolitan  Water  and  Sewerage  Board 
for  payments  to  December  31,  1905  (of  which  $655,958.47  is  for 
the  year  1905), 39,044,21423 


Balance  January  1,  1906,    . 


.     fl,079,551  27 


(2)  ISSUES  or  METROPOLITAN  WATER  LOAN  BONDS. 
The  Treasurer  of  the  Commonwealth,  under  the  authority  given 
him  to  issue  from  time  to  time,  on  the  request  of  the  Board, 
negotiable  bonds  to  an  amount  not  exceeding  $40,000,000,  to  be 
designated  the  "Metropolitan  Water  Loan,"  has  sold  bonds  as 
follows  :  — 


DATE  or  BALK. 

Amount 
of  Bonds 
sold. 

Rate  of  In- 
terest  (per 
cent.). 

Price 
received. 

Date  due. 

Premium. 

Sept.  25,  1895  
Nov.  23,  1896,        
Feb.     8,  1897  

$5,000,000 
2,000,000 
6,000,000 

3>£ 

zy, 

3% 

110.67 
106.76268 
107.82 

Julyl,  1935, 
Julyl,  1935, 
July  1,  1935, 

$533,500  00 
135,253  601 
469,200  00 

Jan.    13,1898  
Mar      2,  1898 

2,000,000 
2  000  000 

zy* 

3>i 

113.176 
112.877 

Jan.    ,1938, 
Jan     ,  1938, 

263,520  00 
257,540  00 

June  15,  1899,        

3,000,000 

3 

100.64 

July    ,  1939, 

19,200  00 

June  28,  1900,        
Mar.     5,  1901,        

1,000,000 
3,000,000 

3 
3 

102.78 
102.155 

July    ,  1939, 
Jan.    ,  1941, 

27,800  00 
64,650  00 

July    24,  1901  
July    24,  1901,        

100,000 
150,000 

3 
3 

100.375 
100.10 

Jan.    ,  1941, 
Jan     ,  1941, 

375  00 
150  00 

July    30,  1901  
Juty    31,  1901  
Aug.     7,1901,        
Aug.     8,  1901  
Aug      8   1901,        ... 

205,000 
50,000 
50,000 
300,000 
200,000 

3 
3 
3 
3 
3 

100.25 
100.25 
100.60 
100.10 
100.25 

Jan     ,  1941, 
Jan     ,  1941, 
Jan     ,  1941, 
Jan     ,  1941, 
Jan     ,  1941, 

512  50 
125  00 
250  00 
300  00 
500  00 

Sept.  17,  1901,        
Oct.      1,  1901,        ... 

3,100,000 
1,345  000 

{* 

106.71 
100. 

Jan     ,  1941, 
Jan     ,  1941, 

208,010  00 

Oct.     24,  1901,        

1,500,000 

3 

100. 

Jan     ,  1941, 

_ 

Feb.   26,  1902  
Feb.    26,  1902, 

500,000 
3  000,000 

3& 

3>£ 

109.13 
109.13 

Jan     ,  1942, 
Jan     ,  1942, 

45,650  00 
273,900  00 

April    7   1903 

250  000 

3>£ 

106.725 

Jan        1943 

16,812  50 

April  17,  1903  
Jan     15   1904, 

1,250,000 
500  000 

zy3 

3K 

106.1329 
104.60 

Jan     ,  1943, 
Jan     ,  1943, 

76,661  26 
23,000  00 

Jan.    15,  1904  

2,000,000 

3>£ 

104.60 

Jan     ,  1944, 

92,000  00 

Mar.  24,  1B05  

650,000 

3K 

105.761 

Jan     ,  1945, 

37,446  50 

$39,150,000 

$2,546,356  35 

Including  $18,673.60  from  readjustment  of  rate  made  by  the  Treasurer  In  1897. 


34  METROPOLITAN   WATER  [Pub.  Doc. 

(3)  METROPOLITAN  WATER  LOAN  SINKING  FUND. 
The  sinking  fund  established  by  the  Treasurer  of  the  Common- 
wealth has  amounted  at  the  end  of  each  year  to  sums  as  follows  :  — 

December  31, 1895 .        .        .  $226,286  05 

December  31,  1896, ,    .   .        .  699,860  70 

December  31,  1897, 954,469  00 

December  31,  1898 1,416,374  29 

December  81, 1899, 1,349,332  97 

December  31,  1900, 1,573,619  72 

December  31,  1901 1,662,426  95 

December  31, 1902, 2,256,803  81 

December  31,  1903, .  2,877,835  59 

December  31,  1904 .  3,519,602  92 

December  31,  1905 4,207,045  69 

(4)  ANNUAL  ASSESSMENTS  AND  RECEIPTS. 

Assessments  for  the  year,  amounting  to  $2,177,586.39,  were  re- 
quired for  the  payment  of  the  interest  on  the  bonds  issued  by  the 
Commonwealth,  the  sinking  fund  requirements  and  the  expenses  of 
operation  and  maintenance  of  the  Water  Works.  The  requirements 
were:  for  interest,  $1,335,393.91;  for  the  sinking  fund,  $513,- 
568.32;  and  for  maintenance  and  operation,  $328,624.16.  These 
assessments  were  made  by  the  Treasurer  of  the  Commonwealth  upon 
the  various  municipalities  as  follows  :  — 

$3,699  67 
10,699  51 
35,832  50 
16,412  09 
90,560  73 
8,662  33 
15,689  53 
10,424  06 


Arlington, 
Belmont, 
Boston,    . 

.       $13,486  46 
6,637  30 
.     1,758,635  00 

Nahant,   . 
Newton,  . 
Quincy,    . 

Chelsea,  . 
Everett,  . 
Hyde  Park,     . 
Lexington, 
Maiden,  . 
Medford, 
Melrose,  . 
Milton,    . 

46,418  14 
35,081  32 
3,256  77 
6,679  80 
49,720  51 
28,631  54 
20,478  53 
16,580  60 

Revere,    . 
Somerville, 
Stoneham, 
Watertown, 
VVinthrop, 

£2,177,586  39 


The  comparatively  smaller  sums  assessed  upon  the  city  of  Newton 
and  the  town  of  Hyde  Park  were  owing  to  the  fact  that  neither  of 
these  municipalities  had  reached  the  safe  capacity  of  its  sources,  and 
had  been  furnished  with  water. 


No.  57.]  AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD.  35 

The  proceeds  from  the  operations  of  the  Board,  exclusive  of  the 
proceeds  from  sales  of  property,  are,  in  accordance  with  the  pro- 
visions of  the  Water  Act,  applied  to  the  reduction  of  the  assessment, 
and  these,  for  the  year  1905,  amounted  to  $7,708.27. 

The  actual  expenditures  for  the  maintenance  and  operation  of  the 
Metropolitan  Water  Works  were,  for  the  year  1905,  $318,677.57. 

(5)  DISTRIBUTION  TO  CITIES  AND  TOWNS  OF  SUMS  RECEIVED  FROM 

WATER  FURNISHED  TO  OTHER  MUNICIPALITIES. 
Sums  have  been  received  during  the  year  1905,  under  the  pro- 
visions of  the  Metropolitan   Water  Act,    for  water  furnished,  as 
follows :  — 

Cambridge,      .        ...        «        .        .  '      ;        .  .  .  $28,458  50 

Framingham  Water  Company,       .        .  '     .        .  .  .  387  10 

Revere .      .        .  .  .  164  25 

Revere  Water  Company,         .        .        ...  .  .  54  75 

Swampscott, t       .  .  .  4,600  00 


133,664  60 

The  Treasurer,  in  accordance  with  the  requirements  of  the  Act, 
distributed  to  the  cities  and  towns  of  the  District,  in  proportion  to 
the  annual  assessments  theretofore  contributed  by  them,  a  part  of 
this  amount,  as  follows  :  — 

.      *   f 32  78 
96  71 
316  39 
141  79 
809  65 
64  60 
139  39 
88  02 


Arlington,  .        .        « 
Belmont,      . 

$114  55 
59  09 
16,163  59 

Nahant, 
Newton, 
Quincy, 

Chelsea,       . 
Everett, 
Hyde  Park, 
Lexington,  .        ,        , 
Maiden, 

423  38 
305  70 
28  76 
28  28 
436  91 

Revere, 
Somerville, 
Stoneham,  . 
Watertown, 
Winthrop,   . 

Medford,     . 
Melrose, 
Milton, 

256  94 

185  45 
72  27 

$19,764  25 


(6)  EXPENDITURES  FOR  THE   DIFFERENT  WORKS. 
The  following  is  a  summary  of  the  expenditures    made  in  the 
various  operations  for  the  different  works  :  — 


36 


METROPOLITAN  WATER 


[Pub.  Doc. 


CONSTRUCTION  AND  ACQUISITION  OF 
WORKS. 

For  the  Year  ending 
December  31,  1905. 

From  Beginning  of  Work 
to  December  31,  1905. 

Administration  applicable  to  all  parts  of  the 
construction  and  acquisition  of  the  works, 
Wachusett  Dam  and  Reservoir:  — 

$12,595  94 
$199  492  43 

$251,674  69 
$2,182  644  42 

North  Dike  
South  Dike  

2,219  85 
19,755  53 

749,508  30 
135,296  84 

153  361  43 

2,491  419  39 

39  088  55 

860  789  32 

Roads  and  bridges  
Real  estate  
Damages,  real  estate  not  taken,  business 
and  loss  of  wages,        

44,721  28 
40,559  83 

24,701  08 
1  090  70 

529,196  53 
3,181,630  38 

494,267  60 
6  472  92 

Improving  Wachusett  watershed,     . 
Wacbusett  Aqueduct,         ... 

7,164  86 
3,362  58 

66,089  67 
1  793,600  20 

2  922  445  21 

Protection  of  Sudbury  supply  
Improving  Sudbury  watershed, 
Protection  of  Cochituate  supply, 
Improving  Cochituate  watershed,     . 

352  35 

128,797  06 
95,106  93 
9,000  00 
8,860  68 
103,537  29 

Pipe  lines,  Dam  No.  3  to  Dam  No.  1, 
Pipe  line,  Rosemary  siphon  
Weston  Aqueduct  :  — 

$33  952  35 

48,471  48 
23,142  98 

$2  349  963  12 

4,847  31 

288,302  10 

317  86 

584  351  78 

Real  estate,  taxes  and  other  expenses,  . 

18,969  97 

203,121  21 

Distribution  system  :  — 
Low  service  :  — 
Pipe  lines  and  connections, 
Pumping  station,  Chestnut  Hill, 
Reservoir,  Spot  Pond  
Gate-house   and    connections,    Chestnut 
Hill  Reservoir 

$1,751,205  67 
459,251  97 
678,101  58 

65  480  88 

Real  estate  and  other  expenses, 
Northern  high  service  :  — 
Pipe  lines  and  connections, 
Spot  Pond  pumping  station, 
Fells  Reservoir,  Stoneham, 
Bear  Hill  Reservoir,  Stoneham,  . 
Real  estate  and  other  expenses,  . 
Southern  high  service  :  — 
Pipe  lines  and  connections  
Pumping  station,  Chestnut  Hill, 
Forbes  Hill  Reservoir,  Qaincy,  . 
Waban  Hill  Reservoir,  Newton, 
Real  estate  and  other  expenses,  . 

$4,100  77 
5,124  86 

90,910  66 

440,539  28 
291,829  35 
141,392  94 
38,267  70 
14,838  05 

509,546  41 
242,121  35 
90,003  49 
61,592  11 
10,226  36 

Amounts  carried  fonoard, 

$9,225  63      $606,553  90 

$4,785,306  80   $19,507,690  00 

Xo.  57.] 


AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD. 


37 


CONSTRUCTION  AND  ACQUISITION  or 
WORKS. 


For  the  Tear  ending 
December  31, 1905. 


From  Beginning  of  Work 
to  December  31, 1905. 


Amounts  brought  forward, 
Distribution  system—  Con. 

Northern  extra  high  service 

Southern  extra  high  service 

Meters  and  connections 

Improving  Spot  Pond  Brook, 

Qlenwood  pipe  yard, 

Chestnut  Hill  pipe  yard,        .        .        .       . 
Diversion  of  water,  South  Branch  of  Nashua 

River,1 . 

Acquisition  of  existing  water  works:  — 

Reimbursement  city  of   Boston,    partially 
constructed  Sudbury  Reservoir, 

To  Boston,  for  works  taken  Jan.  1, 1898,      . 

To  Maiden,  Medford  and  Melrose  (on  ac- 
count) for  taking  of  Spot  Pond, 

To  Newton,  for  Waban  Hill  Reservoir, 

Transfers  of  works  acquired  and  other  prop- 
erty to  accounts  for  special  works,     . 

Engineering,  conveyancing,  etc 

Pipes,  Valves,  Castings,  etc.,  sent  First  to 
Storage  Yards,  and  afterwards  transferred 
as  needed  to  Different  Parts  of  the  Work. 

Sent  to  storage  yards,  .       . 

Transferred  from  storage  yards  to  works,  and 
included  in  costs  above 


$9,225  63      $606,553  90 

76  08 
1,495  72 

10,798  03 

379  69 


36,711  68 


$2,033  47 


Total  for  constructing  and  acquiring  of 
works, 


1,515  17 


$655,958  47 


$4,785,306  80  $19,507,690  00 

14,028  15 
22,815  67 
76,397  00 
3.717  05 


4,946,676  52 
1,357,811  00 


11,311  26 


$1,157,921  59 
12,768,948  80 

343,570  39 

60,000  00 

$14,330,440  78 

1,240,221  94 


$13,090,218  84 

70,526  22 
13,160,745  06 


$2,086,469  96 

2,015,178  31 
71,291  85 

$39,044,214  23 


1  Of  the  total  expenditures  from  the  beginning  of  the  work,  the  sum  of  $149,432.88  is  for  Clinton 
sewerage  system. 


MAINTENANCE  AND  OPERATION. 

For  the  Year  ending 
December  31,  1905. 

.         .         $11,005  91 

29,897  73 

Wachusett  Reservoir  Department  :  — 

$424  52 

1,787  15 

Buildings,         ..- 

1,519  02 

10,289  13 

14,019  82 
$59,354  86 

238149 


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MAINTENANCE  AND  OPERATION. 


For  the  Year  ending 
December  31, 1905. 


Amount  brought  forward, 

WachuBett  Dam  and  Aqueduct  Department :  — 

General  superintendence, $1,225  15 

Dam  and  aqueduct, 8,970  05 

Clinton  sewerage  system  :  — 

Pumping  station, 2,582  72 

Sewers,  screens  and  fllter-beds 2,924  89 

Sanitary  inspection, 1  00 

Sudbury  Department:  — 

General  superintendence, • .  $3,978  S3 

Superintendence,  Framingham  office, 6,970  18 

Ashland  Reservoir 2,04408 

Hopkinton  Reservoir 2,260  25 

Whitehall  Reservoir 280  34 

Framingham  Reservoirs,  1,  2  and  3, 4,749  35 

Sudbury  Reservoir 6,196  15 

Lake  Cochituate 3,551  23 

Marlborough  Brook  filters, 2,928  00 

Pegan  filters 2,598  02 

Sudbury  and  Cochituate  watersheds 901  41 

-Sanitary  inspection, 2,46054 

Cochituate  Aqueduct 5,678  71 

Sudbury  Aqueduct 10,720  58 

Weston  Aqueduct 15,619  67 

Biological  laboratory 2,730  01 

Distribution  Department :  — 

Superintendence, $10,745  30 

Arlington  pumping  station,  pumping  service, 5,880  60 

Chestnut  Hill  low-service  pumping  station,  pumping  service,  .        .        .  32,279  38 

Chestnut  Hill  high-service  pumping  station,  pumping  service,        .        .  37,298  30 

Spot  Pond  pumping  station,  pumping  service 11,029  91 

West  Roxbury  pumping  station,  pumping  service, 6,916  26 

Arlington  standpipe 1  60 

Bear  Hill  Reservoir 109  84 

Chelsea  Reservoir 7  65 

Chestnut  Hill  Reservoir, 9,118  30 

Fells  Reservoir, 730  94 

Forbes  Hill  Reservoir, 1,181  19 

Mystic  Lake,  conduit  and  pumping  station 2,235  98 

Mystic  Reservoir 2,016  53 

Waban  Hill  Reservoir, 472  32 

Weston  Reservoir 1,725  12 

Spot  Pond, 12,499  88 

Buildings  at  Spot  Pond 52498 

Pipe  lines :  — 

Low  service 10,928  54 

Northern  high  service 4,508  22 

Southern  high  service 2,885  48 

Supply  pipe  lines 779  82 

Amounts  carried  forward, $153,875  64 


No.  57.]  AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD.  39 


MAINTENANCE  AND  OPERATION. 

For  the  Year  ending 
December  31,  1905. 

$153,875  64        $147,725  52 

Distribution  Department—  Con. 
Buildings  at  Chestnut  Hill     ...                

1  456  76 

963  04 

4  118  43 

Stables  

4,698  57 

2,583  57 

3,256  04 

Total  for  maintaining  and  operating  works  '  .     '  . 

170,952  05 
$318,677  57 

(7)  DETAILED  FINANCIAL  STATEMENT  UNDER  METROPOLITAN 

WATER  ACT. 

The  Board  herewith  presents,  in  accordance  with  the  require- 
ments of  the  Metropolitan  Water  Act,  a  detailed  statement  of  the 
expenditures  and  disbursements,  receipts,  assets  and  liabilities  for 
the  year  1905. 

(a)  Expenditures  and  Disbursements. 

The  total  amount  of  the  expenditures  and  disbursements  on  ac- 
count of  construction  and  acquisition  of  works  for  the  year  beginning 
January  1,  1905,  and  ending  December  31,  1905,  is  $655,958.47  ; 
and  the  total  amount  from  the  time  of  the  organization  of  the  Met- 
ropolitan Water  Board,  July  19,  1895,  to  December  31,  1905,  is 
$39,044,214.23. 

For  maintenance  and  operation  the  expenditures  for  the  year 
have  been  $318,677.57,  and  from  the  beginning  of  the  work, 
$2,231,214.01. 

The  salaries  of  the  commissioners,  and  other  expenses  of  admin- 
istration, have  been  apportioned  to  the  construction  of  the  works 
and  to  the  maintenance  and  operation  of  the  same,  and  appear  under 
each  of  those  headings. 

The  following  is  a  division  of  the  expenditures  according  to  their 
general  character :  — 


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GENERAL  CHARACTER  OP  EXPENDITURES. 

For  the  Year  ending 
December  31,  1905. 

From  Beginning  of  Work 
to  December  31,  1905. 

CONSTRUCTION  OF  WORKS  AND  ACQUISITION 
BY  PURCHASE  OR  TAKING. 

Administration. 

$4,666  66 
1,601  92 
3,283  98 

181  99 
1,510  11 
64  60 
147  45 

617  69 
420  00 
101  54 
$12,595  94 

$9,302  24 
8,434  65 
•  38,431  62 
123  00 
8,290  55 
2,671  14 
129  04 
1,083  89 
669  21 
122  51 

15  00 
587  67 
256  15 
100  49 

1  50 
78  29 

1,968  71 
1,002  14 
1,260  00 

35  57 
82  06 
74,645  43 

$87,241  37 

$105,643  58 
45,717  03 
52,508  13 
2,359  00 
3,591  08 
10,182  09 
2,627  97 
4,280  89 
5,743  27 

10,355  63 
4,275  80 
4,390  22 
$251,674  69 

$202,410  23 
145,225  49 
984,705  40 
23,560  07 
289,645  89 
35,199  53 
26,735  19 
43,856  85 
25,466  29 
7,575  36 

19,240  73 
24,504  15 
6,625  59 
14,977  46 

13,939  86 
2,938  36 

21,827  39 
18,449  16 
12,595  75 
4,513  74 
1,274  49 
9,866  87 
8,211  10 
8,534  27 
1,951,879  22 

$2,203,553  91 

Secretary  and  auditor  
Clerks  and  stenographers  

Travelling  
Stationery  and  printing  
Postage,  express  and  telegrams, 

Alterations  and  repairs  of  buildings, 
Telephone,  lighting,  heating,  water  and  care 
of  building, 

Rent  and  taxes,  main  office  
Miscellaneous  expenses,     

Engineering.                       * 
Chief  engineer  and  department  engineers, 
Principal  assistant  engineers  

Consulting  engineers  

Architects 

Postage,  express  and  telegrams, 
Engineering   and    drafting   instruments    and 
tools,      
Engineering  and  drafting  supplies,  . 
Books,  maps  and  photographic  supplies, 
Furniture  and  fixtures  
Alterations  and  repairs  of  buildings  :  — 
Main  office  

Telephone,  lighting,  heating,  water  and  care 
of  buildings  :  — 

Sub-offices  
Rent  and  taxes,—  main  office  
Rent  of  sub-offices  and  other  buildings,  . 

Clinton  office  building  

Miscellaneous  expenses  

No.  57.] 


AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD. 


41 


GENERAL  CHARACTER  OF  EXPENDITURES. 

For  the  Year  ending 
December  31,  1905. 

From  Beginning  of  Work 
to  December  31,  1905. 

$87,241  37 

$2,203,553  91 

Construction  . 

Preliminary  work  (borings,  test  pits  and  other 

investigations)  :  — 
Advertising                                               • 

$117  67 

$6,306  22 

Other  preliminary  work  as  given  in  detail  in 

preceding  annual  report  

75 

155,457  41 

118  42 

161,763  63 

Contracts,  Wachusett  Reservoir  :  — 

Contracts    completed    and    final    payments 

made  prior  to  January  1,  1905,    . 

- 

$2,561,668  95 

Bu^ch  Bros.,   excavating  soil,  Sect.  6,  and 

building  road,  West  Boylston  and  Boyl- 

ston, —  $600  due,  deducted  from  estimate, 

September  5,  1900  

34,560  63 

Newell  &  Snowling  Construction  Co.,  build- 

V^ 

* 

ing  a  part  of  Newton  Street  and  improv- 

Ol 

ing  Crescent  Street,  West  Boylston,  . 

4,812  25 

The  H.  Gore  Co.,  surfacing  highways,  West 

«"k* 

Boylston,  Sect.  1  

6,45727  *& 

6,457  27 

The  H.  Gore  Co.,  surfacing  highways,  West 

&r 

Boylston,  Sect.  2,  

8.058W 

8,058  67 

Bruno,  Salomone  &  Petitti,  Sect.  10,  Wachu- 

^S* 

sett  Reservoir,  Boylston  and  West  Boyl- 

^92,884  65 

617,653  21 

Mc  Arthur  Bros.  Co.,  building  Sect.  2  of  th<X 

7 

relocation  of  Central  Massachusetts  i*a$* 

road       .       .       .       .       .       •       .'. 

25,850  05 

272,289  39 

Francis  A.  McCauliff,  masonry  arch  bridge 

at  West  Boylston,        .                        . 

11,233  09 

McBride  &  Co.,   Stillwater   improvement, 

23,314  67 

23,314  67 

Sundry  bills  paid  under  this  contract, 

3,163  05 

3,163  05 

John  F.  Magee  &  Co.,  South  Dike, 

19,854  09 

137,888  54 

McArthur  Bros.  Co.,  riprap  at  South  Dike, 

15,385  24 

15,385  24 

McArthur  Bros.  Co.,  Wachusett  Dam, 

135,449  26 

1,559,389  74 

Gibby  Foundry  Co.,  castings  for  Wachusett 

Dam  

1,331  10 

2,536  63 

Connery  &  Wentworth,  superstructure  of 

lower    gate-chamber    of   the    Wachusett 
Dam 

16  966  14 

72,937  34 

American  Tube  Works,  brass  tubing  for 

railing  at  Wachusett  Dam  

2,192  06 

2,192  06 

355,718  50 

5,233,540  73 

Contracts  completed,  Wachusett  Aqueduct,    . 

- 

1,447,208  55 

Contracts  completed,  Sudbury  Reservoir, 

- 

1,545,028  33 

Contracts  completed,  protection  Sudbury 

Supply  :  - 

City  of  Marlborougb,  main  sewer, 

- 

9,000  00 

Contracts  completed,  improving  Lake  Cochit. 

uate,       

- 

60,657  46 

$10,660,752  60 

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GENERAL  CHARACTER  OF  EXPENDITURES. 

For  the  Year  ending 
December  31,  1905. 

From  Beginning  of  Work 
to  December  31,  1905. 

Am  un     br  u  M  forward 

$443  078  29 

$10  660  752  60 

Construction  —Con. 

Contracts  completed,    protection    Cochituate 

Supply:  — 

Town  of  Framingham,  low-level  sewer, 

- 

9,000  00 

Contracts  completed,  Rosemary  siphon,  . 

_ 

5,916  96 

Contracts  completed,  pipe  line,  Dam  No.  3  to 
Dam  No  1 

17,240  22 

Contracts  completed,  Clinton  sewerage  sys- 

tem   

_ 

66,878  22 

Contracts,  Weston  Aqueduct:— 

| 

Contracts   completed    and    final   payments 

made  prior  to  January  1,  1905,    . 

- 

$1,448,087  96 

Shanahan,  Casparis  &  Co.,      .        .    Sect.  2, 

$4,182  57 

201,827  74 

Sundry  bills  paid  under  this  contract, 

- 

2,911  80 

Shanahan,  Casparis  &  Co.,      .        .    Sect.  3, 

4,140  28 

126,420  70 

Sundry  bills  paid  under  this  contract, 

- 

4,214  78 

Shanahan,  Casparis  &  Co.,      .        .    Sect.  6, 

2,127  60 

108,933  26 

Sundry  bills  paid  under  this  contract, 

- 

6,968  05 

Winston  &  Co.,        .        .       Sects.  8  and  10, 

3,549  68 

150,101  77 

Shanahan,  Casparis  &  Co.,      .        .  Sect.  12, 

2,970  00 

138,151  78 

Sundry  bills  paid  under  this  contract, 

- 

3,339  77 

Winston  &  Co  Sect.  15, 

14,731  62 

183,374  58 

31,701  75 

2,374,332  19 

Contracts,  Distribution  System  :  — 

Contracts    completed   and    final   payments 

made  prior  to  January  1,  1905,   . 

- 

$4,383,372  31 

Warren  Foundry  and  Machine  Co.,  cast- 

iron  water  pipes  and  special  castings,1 

$2,122  33 

2,122  33 

R.  D.  Wood  &  Co.,  special  castings,     . 

1,857  28 

1,857  28 

3,979  61 

$4,387,351  92 

Deduct  value  of  pipes,  valves,  etc.,  included 

in  above  list,  transferred  to  maintenance 

account  December  31,  1900, 

_ 

3,139  77 

4,384,212  15 

Additional  work  :  — 

Labor,       

$19,385  75 

$653,789  83 

Professional  services,  medical  services,  anal- 

yses etc.,       ..... 

190  02 

1,799  01 

Travelling,        

437  25 

2,427  22 

Rent  .                        .                        ... 

_ 

3,656  73 

Water  rates  

19  39 

1,440  47 

Freight  and  express         ..... 

258  94 

12,097  65 

Jobbing  and  repairing  

962  02 

9,414  96 

Tools,  machinery,  appliances  and  hardware 

supplies  

856  48 

72,239  42 

Electrical  supplies,  

94  47 

4,924  68 

Castings,  ironwork  and  metals, 

6,704  43 

67,819  73 

Iron  nine  and  valves 

1,622  06 

55,937  11 

Amounts  carried  forward, 

$30,530  81      $478,759  65 

$885,446  81   $17,518,332  34 

Includes  some  ironwork  for  Wachusett  Dam. 


No.  57.] 


AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD. 


43 


GENERAL  CHARACTER  or  EXPENDITURES. 

For  the  Year  ending 
December  31,  1905. 

From  Beginning  of  Work 
to  December  31,  1905. 

Amounts  brought  forward, 

Construction  —  Con. 
Additional  work—  Con. 

$30,530  81      $478,750  65 

$885,446  81  $17,518,332  34 
1  339  48 

.             co         ' 

133  33 

Fuel,  oil  and  waste  
Lumber  and  field  buildings,  .... 
Drain  pipe,       
Brick,  cement  and  stone,        .... 

43  72 
1,794  82 
224  80 
279  45 
916  30 

10,383  00 
81,749  40 
8,924  28 
24,003  81 

Municipal  and  corporation  work,  .        .        . 

510  28 
7  457  91 

208,166  67 
210  296  74 

1  204  07 

12,526  25 

Judgments  and  settlements  for  damages, 
Unclassified  supplies  
Miscellaneous  expenses,          .        . 

5,188  45 
900  70 
47  55 

42,483  06 
15,303  36 

3,085  83 

.              i  514  661  27 

Legal  and  expert  :  — 

$4-668  82 

Expert  services,       

$1,339  92 

1,862  66 
909  04 

Miscellaneous  expenses,         .... 

Real  Estate. 
Legal  and  expert  :  — 

122  00 
1,461  92 

171  05 
7,611  57 

$4  736  31 

Conveyancer  and  assistants,   .... 
Experts  

$4,731  00 
912  27 

104,119  07 
17,871  58 
21,061  36 

1,394  50 

0,823  30 

Counsel  expenses  
Conveyancing  supplies,  
Conveyancing  expenses,  
Miscellaneous  expenses  

6  00 
76  36 
267  69 
30,755  00 

43  25 

3,155  53 
5,794  34 
4,195  81 
3,290,070  84 

22  170  35 

159,100  58 

Taxes  and  tax  equivalents,        .... 
Care  and  disposal,       

265  34 
7,199  16 

68,182  41 
74,612  13 
3  763  667  41 

Damages  to  Real  Estate  not  taken,  to  Business 
and  on  Account  of  Loss  of  Wages. 
Legal  and  expert  :  — 

$1,130  67 

1,635  08 

$1  380  70 

11,570  29 

16,760  00 

897,627  82 

7  941  08 

96639  68 

26,031  78 
.      $623,263  21 

.  508,603  54 
$23,812,876  13 

METROPOLITAN   WATER 


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GENERAL  CHARACTER  OF  EXPENDITURES. 

For  the  Year  ending 
December  31,  1905. 

From  Beginning  of  Work 
to  December  31,  1905. 

.      $623,263  21 

$23  312,876  13 

Claims  on  Account  of  Diversion  of  Water. 
Legal  and  expert  :  — 

19339  69 

Court  expenses,        
Miscellaneous  expenses,  
Settlements,                 .... 

- 

19,105  69 
1,222  63 
917  350  00 

Judgments,  

Purchase  of  Existing  Water  Works. 
Legal  and  expert  :  — 
Legal  services  

$9,200  21 

218,358  91 
1,179,151  90 

$1,878  89 
13  569  82 

23,495  05 

27,228  38 

Miscellaneous  expenses  

1,470  94 
14,330,440  78 

Relocation  Central  Massachusetts  Railroad. 
Settlements,         

32,695  26 

14,374,588  81 
177  597  39 

Total  amount  of  construction  expenditures, 

.      $655,958  47 

$39,044,214  23 

GENERAL  CHARACTER  op  EXPENDITURES. 

For  the  Year  ending 
December  31,  1905. 

MAINTENANCE  AND  OPERATION  or  WORKS. 
Administration  :  — 

$3  500  00 

4  672  67 

1  626  57 

94  64 

549  09 

Alterations  and  repairs  of  building  
Bent  and  taxes,  office  building,      

103  44 

420  00 

Miscellaneous  expenses,         

39  50 

Supervision  and  general  superintendence  :  — 
Chief  engineer  and  department  engineers,    . 
Engineering  and  clerical  assistants, 
Postage,  printing,  stationery  and  office  supplies, 
Telephone,  heating,  lighting  and  care  of  offices, 
Travelling  and  incidental  expenses, 
Alterations  and  repairs  of  buildings,     . 

Rent  and  taxes,  main  office 

Miscellaneous  expenses, 


Amount  carried  forward, 


$8,150  01 
7,848  90 

715  51 
1,912  90 

165  20 

546  48 
1,260  00 

205  70 


$11,005  91 


20,804  70 
$31,810  61 


No.  57.] 


AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD. 


45 


GENERAL  CHARACTER  OP  EXPENDITURES. 

For  the  Year  ending 
December  31,  1905. 

$31,810  61 
93,404  45 

193,462  51 

Pumping  service  :  — 

$45,848  36 
39,154  23 
1,571  69 
3,431  85 
2,627  08 
771  24 

$3,827  44 
13,017  20 
2,189  93 
3,473  52 
662  73 
107,733  84 
2,842  18 
3,872  63 
821  01 
4,525  84 
4,178  09 
5,515  94 
499  24 
6,208  87 
3,568  23 
1  60 
29,896  13 
446  50 

181  59 

Fuel  

Lumber  and  hardware  supplies,        

Fuel,  lighting  and  telephone  

Unclassified  supplies,          

Contracts  for  pipes,  valves,  etc.,  bought  from  construction  work  since 
January  1   1905        ... 

Total  expenditures  for  maintenance  and  operation,        .... 

$318,677  57 

(6)  Receipts, 

The  total  amount  of  receipts  from  rents,  sales  of  property,  etc., 
for  the  year  beginning  January  1,  1905,  and  ending  December  31, 
1905,  is  $69,567.52;  and  the  total  amount  from  the  time  of  the 
organization  of  the  Metropolitan  Water  Board,  July  19,  1895,  to 
December  31,  1905,  is  $462,220.36.  The  general  character  of  these 
receipts  is  as  follows  :  — 


46 


METKOPOLITAN  WATER 


[Pub.  Doc. 


GENERAL  CHARACTER  or  RECEIPTS. 

For  the  Year  ending 
December  31,  1905. 

From  Beginning  of  Work 
to  December  31,  1905. 

For  distribution  back  to  District  :  — 
District  entrance  fees,     .... 

$92  265  00 

Supplying  water  outside  of  District,     . 
Water  furnished  to  water  companies,  . 

$33,222  75 
441  85 

84,879  59 
37,145  88 

To  the  credit  of  the  loan  fund  :  — 
Real  estate  and  buildings,       .... 
Labor,  tools,  supplies  and  reimbursements, 
To  the  credit  of  the  sinking  fund  :  — 
Forfeiture  for  contracts  awarded  but  not 

$8,066  17 
20,128  48 
28,194  65 

$27,652  65 
96,112  85 
123,765  50 

$500  00 

Rents,        

$4,202  98 
3,489  07 

86,146  13 
35,185  44 

Unclassified  receipts  and  interest, 

16  22 

2,332  82 

Total  receipts  

$69,567  52 

$462,220  36 

The  foregoing  receipts  have  been  credited  to  the  various  objects 
or  works,  as  follows  :  — 


RECEIPTS  FROM  DIFFERENT  WORKS. 

For  the  Year  ending 
December  31,  1905. 

From  Beginning  of  Work 
to  December  31,  1905. 

Distribution  back  to  District  :  — 
Admission  into  Metropolitan  Water  District 
(Quincy,  Nahant,  Arlington,  Stoneham, 
Milton  and  Lexington),       . 

$33,222  75 
441  85 
$33,664  60 

$29  00 
3  22 
16,899  60 

433  73 
2  50 

7,052  68 
86  85 
1,979  25 
•                  °6  486  83 

$92,265  00 

84,879  59 
37,145  88 

$214,290  47 

216,812  37 
31,117  52 

Supplying  water  to  cities  and  towns  outside 
of  Water  District  (Swampscott,  Revere, 
Lexington  and  Cambridge), 
Water  furnished  to  water  companies,  . 
Construction  and  acquisition  of  works  :  — 

$42  15 
4,900  31 
121,037  85 
5,204  70 
4,747  47 
7,277  26 
61,754  42 
1,277  94 
10,570  27 

Wachusett  Dam,      

Sudbury  Reservoir  and  watershed, 

Diversion  of  water,  Clinton  sewerage  system, 
Purchase  of  existing  water  works, 
Maintenance  and  operation  of  works:  — 
Wachusett  Aqueduct,     . 
Wachusett  Reservoir,      

$409  75 
4,987  62 
640  38 
2,894  67 
483  67 

$3,470  36 
10,298  29 
7,497  31 
7,174  45 
2,677  11 

Sudbury  system,      
Distribution  system  
Clinton  sewerage  system  

Total  receipts 

$69  567  52 

$462,220  36 

No.  57.] 


AND    SEWERAGE   BOARD. 


47 


(c)  Assets. 

The  following  is  an  abstract  of  the  assets  of  the  Water  Works, 
a  complete  schedule  of  which  is  kept  on  file  in  the  office  of  the 
Board :  — 

Office  furniture,  fixtures  and  supplies ;  engineering  and  scientific  instruments  and 
supplies  ;  police  supplies  ;  horses,  vehicles,  field  machinery,  etc. ;  machinery, 
tools  and  other  appliances  and  supplies ;  real  estate  connected  with  works 
not  completed;  completed  works,  including  real  estate  and  buildings  con- 
nected therewith. 

(d)  Liabilities. 
There  are  liabilities  as  follows  :  — 


Current  bills  unpaid, 
Due  on  monthly  pay  rolls, 


.   fll,985  88  ' 
.       3,341  09 

$15,326  97 


Amounts  reserved  on  Monthly  Estimates,  not  due  until  Completion  of  Contracts  or 
until  Claims  are  settled. 


NAMK. 

Work. 

Amount. 

McArthur  Bros.  Co.,    . 

$10,000  00 

Busch  Bros  
The  H.  Gore  Co.,         *        . 

Building  road,  Wachusett  Reservoir,       
Surfacing  highways  Sect.  1,     

600  00 

1  104  23 

The  H  Gore  Co.                   . 

1  386  83 

Bruno,  Salomone  &  Petitti,  . 

25  000  00 

John  F  Magee  &  Co 

South  Dike 

1  455  52 

F.  A.  McCauliff,  . 
McArthur  Bros.  Co.,    . 

Masonry  arch  bridge  at  West  Boylston  
Relocation  Central  Massachusetts  Railroad,  Sect.  2, 

1,982  31 
10,000  00 
$51,528  89 

Amounts  have  been  agreed  upon  in  the  following  cases,  but  the 
deeds  have  not  yet  passed :  — 

Martha  E.  Prescott,  estate  of,  $400 ;  Bertram  A.  Bancroft,  $150 ; 
Lucy  White,  $250  ;  Pratt  and  Inman,  $48  ;  Charles  F.  C.  Henderson, 
$800. 

On  the  claims  of  the  following  it  is  impossible  to  state  the 
amounts  due  for  land  damages,  water  rights  and  claims  for  damages 
to  established  business,  as  no  sums  have  been  agreed  upon,  and 
suits  are  now  pending  in  the  court  for  the  determination  of  most  of 
them  :  — 


1  Miscellaneous  current  bills  of  1905,  including  those  coming  in  from  time  to  time,  after  January  1, 
1906,  have  since  been  paid. 


48  METROPOLITAN  WATER  [Pub.  Doc. 

Charles  L.  Johnson,  Charles  B.  Sawin,  Framingham  Water  Com- 
pany, Town  of  West  Boylston,  Eliza  M.  Childs  et  al.,  Charles  J. 
Paine,  George  H.  Thompson,  Benjamin  H.  Clemmons,  Edward 
Dooley,  Walter  E.  Chapman,  Chapman  and  Tobin,  Lucy  Cutting, 
George  D.  Lawrence,  Charles  C.  Landy,  Alfred  N.  Whiting, 
Houghton  Bros.,  Robert  Johnson,  George  H.  Longley,  John  F. 
O'Brien,  Patrick  Bradley,  Thomas  H.  Burgess,  Margaret  F.  Tonry, 
Lucy  A.  Wood,  Edwin  C.  Fairbanks,  Hannah  McAndrew,  Fred 
Counter,  Whitman  M.  Huntington,  George  W.  Brown,  Clarence 
Carvill,  estate  of  Andrew  L.  Fitch,  Joseph  O.  Bullard  et  aL,  Josiah 
W.  Walkup,  Mary  Morse,  William  M.  Bruce,  Kayajan  Serabian, 
Elwin  I.  Chase,  Alzina  A.  Wilson,  Henry  F.  Keyes,  Robert  C. 
Houghton  et  aL,  John  Burns,  Patrick  Daley,  Rebecca  T.  Farr,  Annie 
L.  Gibbons,  Francis  Gibbons,  John  Gibbons,  Henry  Wilson  Co- 
operative Bank,  Mary  J.  Hensby,  William  E.  Keating,  Millard  E. 
Lewis,  Middlesex  Fells  Spring  Company,  Lillian  F.  Pullen  et  aL, 
William  E.  Sprague,  James  E.  Welch,  Caroline  E.  Tyson,  Andrew 
Lienhardt,  John  E.  Stone,  Bridget  M.  Joyce,  Israel  L.  Barnes,  et  aL, 
William  L.  Bancroft,  George  H.  Chase,  Andrew  L.  Nourse,  Byron 

D.  Allen,  J.  Frank  Wood  et  al.,  Harriet  A.  Adams,  George   F. 
Bond,  Emory  W.  Johnson,  Nellie  M.  Kirby,  Elizabeth  M.  Myers, 
Emily  S.  Warren,  Jennie  L.  Goodnow,  Asa  Knight,  John  Lambert, 
Emily  W.  Parker,  Andrew  J.  Scarlett  et  aL,  estate  of  Walter  H. 
Smith,  Worcester  County  Truant  School,  James  H.  Atherton,  J. 
Quincy  Dix,  John  E.  Farnsworth,  Mary  J.  Fyfe,  estate  of  William 

E.  Fyfe,  Lizzie  M.  Gray,  William   B.  Haskell,  Henry  F.  Haynes, 
Sarah  G.  Haynes,  Eben  C.  Mann,  George  M.  Plunimer,  Howard  D. 
Stone,  Luther  Willard,  Bernard  Adler,  heirs  of  Anton  Brinkhaus, 
estate    of  Bernard   Brockelman,    Margaret    Graichen,    Christopher 
Gunderman,  Addie  K.  Harris,  John  A.  Heinold,  Joseph  Maehnert, 
James    Mulgren,  William   A.  Nye,    Frederick  R.    Peinert,  Henry 
Richter,    Jr.,  William    H.    Wilbur,    Elizabeth    Wittig,    Susan    C. 
Wright,  Eva  R.  Zeigler,  Bridget  Zink,  estate  of  Abigail  Boynton, 
Lawrence  Cavauaugh,  Waldo  B.  Howe,  Jonathan  M.  Keyes,  William 
W.  Keyes,  Samuel  F.  Mason,  Edward  F.  Merriam,  James  Roach, 
Henrietta  M.  Andrews,  James  A.  Bigelow,  First  Parish  of  Boylston, 
William  H.  Brigham,  John  Fitzgerald,  estate  of  Augustus  Flagg, 
Mary   J.   Hastings,  executrix,   George    R.   Hastings,   William    H. 
Hastings,  Henry  J.  Hyde,  Everett  and  Oliver  S.  Kendall,  Sanford 


No.  57.]  AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD.  49 

C.  Kendall,  William  C.  Rosenthal,  Jennie  W.  Taylor,  administra- 
trix, estate  of  William  H.  Vickery,  James  H.  and  Hannah  S.  Wood, 
Asenath  M.  Bartlett,  estate  of  Charles  I.  Longley,  estate  of  Daniel 
M.  Marsh,  Harthan  and  Wilder,  Henry  B.  Stone,  Joseph  M.  Bige- 
low,  Louis  Bond,  Francis  W.  M.  Goodale,  Henry  L.  Hastings, 
Waldo  B.  Howe,  Per  Arvid  Lundgren,  James  Moran,  John  B.  F. 
Prescott,  John  V.  Tobin,  administrator,  Mary  J.  Warren,  Ashley 
H.  Wood,  Charles  H.  and  Lizzie  M.  Chandler,  John  Dee,  Silas  E. 
Harthan,  John  Lynch,  heirs  of  Maurice  Mulcahy,  estate  of  Mary  C. 
Rice,  Mary  Scanlon  et  al.,  Eclid  Sene,  Waushacum  Lake  Company, 
John  S.  Ott,  Annie  Coans  et  aL,  Catherine  Flanagan,  Lawrence 
Fury,  Bridget  Harrity  et  al.,  Catherine  Kittredge,  Catherine  J. 
Kittredge,  Patrick  A.  and  Bridget  Kittredge,  Patrick  H.  Morrison, 
Helen  Nickerson  et  aL,  James  E.  Wise,  Edward  J.  DeCourcey. 

VI.     METROPOLITAN   SEWERAGE   WORKS. 

The  Metropolitan  Sewerage  Works  are  divided  into  two  systems, 
the  North  Metropolitan  System  and  the  South  Metropolitan  System. 

The  North  Metropolitan  System  provides  for  the  district  situated 
largely  in  the  Charles  River  and  Mystic  River  valleys  lying  north 
of  the  Charles  River,  and  embraces  the  cities  of  Cambridge,  Chelsea, 
Everett,  Maiden,  Medford,  Melrose,  Somerville,  Woburn  and  parts 
of  Boston,  and  the  towns  of  Arlington,  Belmont,  Revere,  Stoneham, 
Wakefield,  Winchester,  Winthrop  and  part  of  Lexington.  The 
district  has  an  area  of  90.50  square  miles.  It  has  an  estimated 
population,  as  of  December  31,  1905,  based  upon  the  census  of 
1905,  of  478,845  ;  and  it  is  estimated  that  of  this  number  376,575, 
or  78.6  per  cent.,  contribute  sewage  to  the  North  Metropolitan 
System. 

The  South  Metropolitan  System  provides  for  the  areas  situated  in 
the  Charles  River  valley  lying  south  of  the  Charles  River,  a  portion 
of  the  valley  north  of  the  Charles  River,  and  also  a  portion  of  the 
Neponset  River  valley,  and  embraces  the  cities  of  Newton,  Quincy, 
Waltham  and  portions  of  Boston,  and  the  towns  of  Brookline,  Hyde 
Park,  Milton,  Watertown  and  part  of  Dedham.  This  district  has 
an  area  of  100.87  square  miles.  It  has  an  estimated  population,  as 
of  December  31,  1905,  of  300,650,  of  which  number  it  is  estimated 
that  156,360,  or  52  per  cent.,  contribute  sewage  to  the  South  Metro- 
politan System. 


50  METROPOLITAN  WATER  [Pub.  Doc. 

(1)  NORTH  METROPOLITAN  SYSTEM  —  CONSTRUCTION. 
During  the  past  year  no  actual  construction  has  been  carried  on 

for  the  North  Metropolitan  System,  although  certain  bills  contracted 
during  the  preceding  year,  amounting  to  $2,260.65,  were  paid  during 
the  year  1905  on  account  of  construction. 

(2)  SOUTH  METROPOLITAN  SYSTEM  —  CONSTRUCTION. 

The  construction  carried  on  during  the  past  year  in  the  South 
Metropolitan  District  has  been  for  the  completion  of  the  High-level 
Sewer,  which  had  been  in  process  of  building  for  several  years 
preceding. 

The  grounds  at  Nut  Island  have  been  graded  in  such  manner  as 
to  give  the  island  a  natural  appearance  similar  to  that  which  it  for- 
merly had,  and  the  slopes  have  been  covered  with  loam.  Roads 
have  been  constructed  upon  the  island  and  across  the  bar  or  em- 
bankment connecting  the  island  with  the  main  land  at  Hough's  Neck. 

Proper  roadways  and  paths  have  also  been  constructed  at  the 
Ward  Street  station,  and  the  surrounding  grounds  have  been  graded, 
covered  with  loam  and  seeded. 

A  24-inch  cast-iron  force  main  has  been  laid  from  its  connection 
with  the  High-level  Sewer  at  Greenleaf  Street  in  Quincy  to  the 
Quincy  pumping  station,  a  total  length  of  3,025  feet.  The  line  was 
laid  to  a  considerable  extent  through  Merrymount  Park,  but  the 
work  was  accomplished  without  injury  to  the  shrubbery  or  trees  of 
the  park.  The  main  was  completed  in  August,  and  on  August  14 
the  Quincy  sewage  was  diverted  from  the  Moon  Island  works  of  the 
city  of  Boston  and  has  since  been  discharged  through  the  High-level 
Sewer. 

When  the  Charles  River  valley  sewer  was  diverted  at  Vancouver 
Street  so  as  to  connect  with  the  Ward  Street  station  and  the  High- 
level  Sewer,  there  was  left,  extending  from  Vancouver  Street  along 
Huntington  Avenue  to  Gainsborough  Street  and  connecting  with  the 
Boston  Main  Drainage  Works,  a  length  of  about  1,800  feet.  In 
order  that  this  portion  of  the  South  Metropolitan  District  should 
contribute  its  sewage  to  the  High-level  Sewer,  it  was  necessary  to 
change  the  grade  of  the  sewer  so  as  to  cause  the  sewage  to  run  in  the 
opposite  direction.  The  territory  in  question  remained  tributary  to 
the  Boston  Main  Drainage  Works  during  a  large  part  of  the  year, 


No.  57.]  AND   SEWERAGE  BOARD.  51 

pending  a  discussion  with  the  city  of  Boston  in  relation  to  an  inter- 
change of  sewers  for  mutual  benefit ;  but  in  December  it  was  deemed 
advisable  to  proceed  with  the  work  of  making  the  change,  which 
is  still  in  progress.  About  1,100  feet,  extending  from  Vancouver 
Street  to  Parker  Street,  have  been  nearly  completed.  It  is  expected 
that  the  change  will  be  entirely  accomplished  on  or  about  March  1 
of  the  current  year,  at  which  time  the  entire  flow  of  the  old  Charles 
River  valley  main  sewer  will  be  carried  to  the  Ward  Street  station 
and  discharged  through  the  High-level  Sewer. 

Upon  the  completion  of  the  above-mentioned  work  all  the  sewage 
of  the  South  Metropolitan  System  will  be  delivered  into  the  High- 
level  Sewer  for  disposal  at  the  outlets  off  Nut  Island,  with  the  ex- 
ception of  the  sewage  of  small  districts  in  Dorchester  and  Milton, 
included  in  the  Neponset  River  valley  system.  The  areas  of  these 
districts  are  too  low  for  sewage  to  be  delivered  into  the  High-level 
Sewer  without  pumping,  and  arrangements  for  the  disposal  of  the 
sewage  from  these  sections  through  the  Boston  Main  Drainage  Works 
will  continue  to  be  made  with  the  city  of  Boston. 

All  the  foregoing  work  of  construction  upon  the  South  Metro- 
politan System  has  been  carried  on  by  day  labor  under  the  immediate 
direction  of  the  engineers  and  foremen  of  the  maintenance  depart- 
ment. 

The  two  Allis  engines  in  the  Ward  Street  pumping  station  have 
been  in  regular  operation  for  more  than  a  year  past,  but  from  time 
to  time  various  modifications  and  changes  have  been  made,  as  found 
essential  to  satisfy  the  rigorous  tests  under  the  contract  for  their 
construction.  The  trial  tests  of  these  engines  have  therefore  not  yet 
been  made,  and  the  final  payments  under  the  contract  have  yet  to 
be  adjusted. 

(3)  SETTLEMENTS  FOR  REAL  ESTATE. 

Since  January  1,  1905,  settlements  have  been  effected  on  account 
of  the  takings  made  in  the  North  Metropolitan  District  in  2  cases, 
involving  a  payment  of  $575  ;  and  in  cases  in  the  South  Metro- 
politan District  6  settlements  have  been  effected,  under  which  pay- 
ments have  been  made  amounting  to  $2,178.62. 

Of  the  8  sewerage  settlements,  4  were  on  account  of  the  sewer 
extension  to  Brookline,  2  on  account  of  the  extension  of  the  sewer 
in  Cambridge  for  Belmont,  2  on  account  of  the  High-level  Sewer,  1 
in  Quincy  and  1  in  Milton. 


52 


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[Pub.  Doc. 


Summary  of  Land  Settlements  for  the  Tear  1905. 


*         LOCATION. 

Area  in 
Acres. 

Number  of 

Settlements. 

Payments. 

North  Metropolitan  District. 
Cambridge,        .        .        .        . 

Total  

.087 

2 

$575  00 

.087 

2 

$575  00 

South  Metropolitan  District. 
Milton  
Newton,     .        .        .        ... 
Quincy,      .        .        .        .        .    •    . 

Total,          . 

.741 
1.070 
.364 

1 

4 
1 

$380  08 
1,473  54 
325  00 

2.175 

6 

$2,178  62 

Aggregate,         ...... 

2.262 

8 

$2,753  62 

(4)  NORTH  METROPOLITAN  SYSTEM  —  MAINTENANCE. 

The  North  Metropolitan  System  required  the  maintenance  of 
58.004  miles  of  main  sewers,  with  which  are  connected  573.57  miles 
of  local  sewers,  the  number  of  connections  with  the  Metropolitan 
System  being  583. 

Of  the  municipalities  belonging  to  this  system,  the  Deer  Island 
district  of  Boston,  Winthrop,  Maiden,  Melrose,  Medford,  Winches- 
ter, Woburn,  Stoneham,  Arlington,  Belmont,  Wakefield  and  Revere 
maintain  separate  sewers,  the  East  Boston  and  Charlestown  districts 
of  Boston,  Everett,  Cambridge,  Somerville  and  Chelsea  have  both 
separate  and  combined  sewers. 

Four  pumping  stations  are  maintained  for  this  system,  the  Alewife 
Brook  pumping  station  at  Somerville,  the  East  Boston  pumping 
station,  the  Charlestown  pumping  station  and  the  Deer  Island  pump- 
ing station. 

There  have  been  pumped  at  the  Alewife  Brook  pumping  station 
3,234,000  gallons  of  sewage  per  day,  with  an  average  lift  of  13.13 
feet,  at  a  cost  of  $0.340  per  million  gallons  per  foot  lifted ;  at  the 
Charlestown  station  29,900,000  gallons  per  day,  7.85  feet  lift,  at  a 
cost  of  $0.154  per  million  gallons  per  foot;  at  the  East  Boston 
station  52,400,000  gallons  per  day,  16.23  feet  lift,  at  a  cost  of 
$0.060  per  million  gallons  per  foot;  and  at  the  Deer  Island  station 
54,400,000  gallons  per  day,  10.63  feet  lift,  at  a  cost  of  $0.087  per 


No.  57.]  AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD.  53 

million  gallons  per  foot  lifted.  The  cost  of  pumping  per  million 
gallons  has  been  considerably  reduced  from  the  cost  in  the  preced- 
ing years.  The  number  of  gallons  of  sewage  discharged  at  the  out- 
fall in  Boston  harbor  is  represented  by  the  number  of  gallons  of 
sewage  pumped  at  the  Deer  Island  station.  Owing  to  the  unusually 
dry  season,  the  amounts  pumped  showed  a  decrease  from  the  pre- 
ceding year  varying  at  the  different  stations  from  3.9  per  cent,  to 
8.8  per  cent. 

Taking  the  estimated  population  of  the  district  contributing  sew- 
age, the  amount  of  sewage  discharged  averaged  144  gallons  per  day 
for  each  person ;  but  this  amount  represents  a  considerable  quantity 
of  rain  water  received  in  the  sewers,  as  not  all  of  the  local  sewers 
were  restricted  to  the  admission  of  sewage  proper  only. 

During  the  year  12  public  and  26  special  connections  with  local 
sewers  have  been  made,  giving  a  total  addition  of  48.81  miles  of 
connecting  sewers. 

It  was  found  that  the  action  of  the  sea  had  caused  the  removal  of 
a  portion  of  the  embankment  placed  over  the  outfall  sewer  running 
from  Deer  Island,  and  consequently  a  considerable  amount  of  riprap 
has  been  deposited  upon  the  embankment  in  order  to  prevent 
further  encroachment. 

The  new  main  sewer,  built  in  the  years  1900  and  1901  to  receive 
the  sewage  of  the  town  of  Wakefield,  was  extended  only  to  a  point 
in  the  city  of  Maiden  near  Barrett's  Pond,  where  it  was  connected 
with  the  original  Metropolitan  main  sewer,  it  being  deemed  that 
for  a  series  of  years  the  original  sewer  had  a  sufficient  capacity  from 
this  point  to  discharge  the  contents  of  both  sewers.  During  the  past 
year  the  Metropolitan  sewer  below  Barrett's  Pond  became  at  times 
surcharged,  and  considerable  overflows  of  sewage  resulted.  It  is 
now  necessary  to  continue  the  Wakefield  sewer  to  tide  water,  and 
authorization  therefor,  at  an  estimated  cost  of  $55,000,  has  been 
sought  from  the  Legislature. 

The  cost  of  maintenance  of  the  North  Metropolitan  System  during 
the  past  year  was  $117,517.07. 

(5)   SOUTH  METROPOLITAN  SYSTEM  —  MAINTENANCE. 
In  the  South  Metropolitan  System  there  are  maintained  38.121 
miles  of  main  sewers,  with  which  are  connected  439.74  miles  of  local 
sewers,  having  100  connections  with  the  Metropolitan  System. 


54  METROPOLITAN  WATER  [Pub.  Doc. 

Newton,  Watertown,  Waltham,  Hyde  Park,  Dedham,  the  West 
Roxbury  district  of  Boston  and  Quincy  maintain  separate  sewers, 
and  the  Back  Bay,  Brighton  and  Dorchester  districts  of  Boston, 
Brookline  and  Milton  maintain  both  separate  and  combined  sewers. 

There  are  maintained  for  this  system  the  Ward  Street  pumping 
station,  the  Quincy  pumping  station  and  the  screen-house  at  Nut 
Island. 

The  Ward  Street  pumping  station,  which  was  first  put  into  opera- 
tion near  the  end  of  the  preceding  year,  has  since  been  in  constant 
service.  The  pumping  engines,  though  put  to  regular  use,  have  been 
subject  to  tests  and  modifications  by  the  contractors  prior  to  their 
final  test  for  acceptance,  which  has  not  yet  been  made. 

There  have  been  pumped  at  the  Ward  Street  station  an  average  of 
20,940,000  gallons  per  day,  with  an  average  lift  of  40.26  feet,  at  a 
cost  of  $0.066  per  million  gallons  per  foot  lifted ;  and  at  the  Quincy 
station  3,180,000  gallons,  32.18  feet  lift,  at  an  average  cost  of  $0.17 
per  million  gallons  per  foot  lifted. 

An  average  of  25,000,000  gallons  of  sewage  has  passed  daily 
through  the  screens  at  the  Nut  Island  screen-house,  and  been  dis- 
charged from  the  outfalls  into  the  outer  harbor.  The  maximum 
discharge  per  day  has  been  78,000,000  gallons,  which  occurred 
during  a  heavy  storm.  The  sewage  discharged  averages  160  gallons 
per  day  per  person  of  the  estimated  number  contributing  sewage  in 
the  district. 

An  examination  by  divers  of  the  bed  of  the  harbor  near  the  out- 
lets has  failed  to  reveal  deposits  of  any  kind,  and,  upon  careful 
investigations  of  the  shores  of  both  mainland  and  islands  in  the 
vicinity,  few  if  any  traces  of  sewer  deposits  have  been  found. 

The  sewage  required  to  be  pumped  by  the  Quincy  station  has 
reached  the  proper  capacity  of  the  present  engines.  The  flow  re- 
ceived during  periods  of  storms  already  exceeds  the  capacity  of  the 
larger  of  the  two  pumping  engines,  so  that  serious  consequences 
might  ensue  from  the  breaking  down  of  either  of  them.  The  Board 
has  accordingly  determined  to  supply  an  additional  engine  for  this 
station. 

The  expenditures  for  maintenance  for  the  past  year  were  $146,- 
076.06. 

It  is  expected  that,  inasmuch  as  early  in  the  current  year  the 
sewage  of  the  Huntington  Avenue  section  of  the  Charles  River  valley 


No.  57.]  AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD.  55 

district  in  Boston  will  be  received  into  the  High-level  Sewer,  there- 
after no  rental  will  be  payable  to  the  city  of  Boston  on  account  of  the 
discharge,  through  the  Boston- Main  Drainage  Works,  of  sewage  of 
the  South  Metropolitan  District,  except  that  coming  from  the  com- 
paratively small  low  area  in  Dorchester  and  Milton. 

VII.     SEWERAGE   WORKS  —  FINANCIAL    STATEMENT. 

The  Metropolitan  sewerage  loans  for  the  construction  of  the  Sew- 
erage Works  of  the  North  Metropolitan  System  have  amounted  to 
$6,105,865.73,  to  which  are  added  receipts  from  various  sources 
amounting  to  $17,153.40.  The  amount  of  expenditures  approved 
by  the  Board  for  payment  for  the  year  1905  was  $2,260.65,  and 
the  total  amount  of  expenditures  approved  to  January  1,  1906, 
was  $6,088,830.56.  The  balance  on  hand  January  1,  1906,  was 
$34,188.57. 

The  loans  for  the  construction  of  the  various  parts  of  the  South 
Metropolitan  System  have  amounted  to  $7,692,046.27.  The  receipts 
applicable  to  the  loan  fund  have  been  $6,622.27.  The  amount  of 
expenditures  approved  for  payment  in  the  year  1905  was  $43,780.19. 
The  total  amount  of  expenditures  approved  for  payment  from  the 
beginning  of  the  works  has  been  $7,624,042.66.  The  oalance  on 
hand  for  the  South  Metropolitan  System  on  January  1,  1906,  was 
$74,625.88. 

The  bonds  issued  on  account  of  the  loans  have  been  for  varying 
periods,  not  exceeding  forty  years,  and  bear  interest  at  the  rate  of  3 
per  cent,  and  3^  per  cent.  The  premiums  received  on  account  of 
the  sale  of  bonds  on  the  North  Metropolitan  System  have  amounted 
to  $173,819.15,  and  those  received  on  account  of  the  South  Metro- 
politan System  have  amounted  to  $389,374.53. 

The  amount  expended  for  maintenance  of  the  North  Metropoli- 
tan System  in  the  year  1905  was  $117,517.07,  and  for  the  South 
Metropolitan  System  $146,076.06,  a  total  for  both  systems  of 
$263,593.13. 

The  assessments  made  to  meet  interest,  sinking  fund  require- 
ments, and  maintenance  and  operation  of  the  North  Metropolitan 
System  amounted  in  the  year  1905  to  $378,507.29,  and  the  assess- 
ments for  the  South  Metropolitan  System  amounted  to  $441,566.78. 

The  following  is  a  detailed  financial  statement  regarding  the 
Metropolitan  Sewerage  Works  :  — 


56  METROPOLITAN  WATER  [Pub.  Doc. 

(1)  METROPOLITAN  SEWERAGE    LOANS,  RECEIPTS  AND  PAYMENTS. 
The  loans  for   the    construction    of  the  Metropolitan  Sewerage 
Works,  the  receipts  which  are  added  to  the  proceeds  of  these  loans, 
and  the  expenditures  for  construction  have  been  as  follows  :  — 

(a)  North  Metropolitan  System. 
Loans  under  various  acts  of  the  Legislature  (given  in  detail  in 

report  for  the  year  1901), f 5,605,865  73 

Loans  under  chapters  242,  336  and  399,  Acts  of  1903,        .        .        .       500,000  00 
Proceeds  from  sales  of  property  and  from  other  sources  to  Decem- 
ber 31, 1905,     17,15340 


$6,123,019  13 

Amount  approved  by  the  Metropolitan  Sewerage  Commission  and 
the  Metropolitan  Water  and  Sewerage  Board  for  payment  to 
December  31, 1905  (of  which  $2,260.65  is  for  the  year  1905),  .  6,088,830  56 

Balance,  North  Metropolitan  System,  January  1,  1906,      .        .       $34,188  57 

-(£>)   South  Metropolitan  System. 

Charles  River  Valley  Sewer, 

Loans  under  the  Acts  of  the  years  1889  and  1900,     .  -         $800,046  27 

Amount  approved   by  the  Metropolitan   Sewerage 

Commission  for  payment  to  December  31, 1905,    .      $800,046  27 

Neponset  River  Valley  Sewer. 
Loans  under  various  acts  of  the  Legislature  (given 

in  detail  in  report  for  the  year  1901),      .        .        .  900,000  00 

Loan,  chapter  315,  Acts  of  1903,          ....  4,000  00 

Proceeds  from  pumping  ground  water,      ...  109  50 

Amount  approved   by  the   Metropolitan   Sewerage 

Commission    and    the    Metropolitan   Water    and 

Sewerage  Board  for  payment  to  December  31, 1905 

(of  which  f 2,269 .54  is  for  the  year  1905),       .        .        905,733  80 

High-level  Sewer. 
Loan  under  chapter  424  of  the  Acts  of  1899,  original 

loan, -        4,600,000  00 

Loan,  chapter  356  of  the  Acts  of  1903,        .        .        .  996,000  00 

Loans,  chapters  230  and  246  of  the  Acts  of  1904,       .  392,000  00 

Proceeds  from  sales  of  property  and  other  sources 

to  December  31,  1905  (of  which  |644,28  is  for  the 

year  1905) 6,512  77 

Amounts  carried  forward, $1,705,780  07  $7,698,668  54 


No.  57.] 


AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD. 


57 


Amounts  brought  forward, 


.    $1,705,780  07  $7,698,668  54 


Amount  approved  by  the  Metropolitan  Sewerage 
Commission  and  the  Metropolitan  Water  and 
Sewerage  Board  for  payment  to  December  31, 1905 
(of  which  $41,510  65  is  for  the  year  1905),  .  .  5,918,262  59 

7,624,042  66 

Balance,  South  Metropolitan  System,  January  1, 

1906, $74,625  88 

(2)  ISSUES  or  METROPOLITAN  SEWERAGE  LOAN  BONDS. 
The  Treasurer  of  the  Commonwealth,  under  the  authority  of  the 
successive  statutes,  has  from  time  to  time  issued  bonds  designated 
"  Metropolitan  Sewerage  Loan,"  as  follows  :  — 

METROPOLITAN  SEWER  LOANS,  NORTH  SYSTEM. 
Bonds  issued. 


DATE  OP  SALE. 

Amount 
of  Bonds 
sold. 

Bate  of  In- 
terest (per 
cent.). 

Price 
received. 

Date  due. 

Premium. 

Apr.  2,  1890  
Apr.  2,  1890,      .        .       .       .       .. 
Apr.  2,  1890  
Apr.  2,  1890,      

$500,000 
500,000 
500,000 
500,000 

3 
3 
3 
3 

102.40 
103.02 
103.62 
102.327 

Jan.   1,  1930, 
Jan.     ,1930, 
Jan.     ,  1930, 
Jan.     ,  1930, 

$12,000  00 
15,100  00 
18,100  00 
11,635  00 

Apr       1890 

200,000 

3 

103 

Jan.     ,  1930, 

6  000  00 

Feb.,      1891  

50,000 
300,000 

3 
3 

104. 
104. 

Jan.     ,  1930, 
Jan.     ,  1930, 

[•     35,130  30  * 

Mar  ,     1891,      .        .        .       .       . 

18,000 

3 

104. 

Jan.     ,  1930, 

Jan.,      1892  

35,000 
29,000 

3 
3 

100. 
100. 

Jan.     ,  1930, 
Jan.      ,  1930, 

- 

Mar.,     1892,      .        .        ."..-. 
June      1892                       .        . 

50,000 
436000 

3 
3 

101. 
101  50 

Jan.     ,  1930, 

50000 
1 

July       1892,      ..... 

150,000 

3 

101  50 

Jan.     ,  1930, 

\-     11,060  00  > 

Aug.,    1892  
Nov       1892                       .       .        . 

150,000 
3,000 

3 
3 

101.60 
100  50 

Jan.     ,  1930, 
Jan.       1930, 

j 
15  00 

Nov       1892 

200  000 

3 

100 

Jan         1930 

Jan.,      1893  

35,000 

3 

100.50 

Jan.     ,  1930, 

176  00 

Jan.,      1893,      
Feb        1893                       .                . 

25,000 
20000 

3 
3 

100.50 
101 

Jan.     ,  1930, 
Jan.       1930, 

126  00 

200  00 

Feb.       1893,              .... 

6,000 

3 

100.50 

Jan.     ,  1930, 

25  00 

400,000 

3 

100.25 

Jan.     ,  1930, 

1,000  00 

Mar.,     1893  

94,000 

3 

100.25 

Jan.      ,  1930, 

235  00 

May  1,1894,      
Oct  ,      1894,      

464,000 
4000 

3 

100. 
100. 

Jan.     ,  1980, 
Jan.     ,  1930, 

Oct.,      1894  

1,000 

100. 

Jan.     ,  1930, 

Nov       1894       .                ... 

15  000 

100. 

Jan.     ,  1930, 

Nov.,     1894,      

10,000 

100. 

Jan.     ,  1930, 

Dec.,     1894  
Apr.,     1895  

6,000 
300,000 

3 

100. 
100. 

Jan.     ,  1930, 
Jan.     ,  1930, 

- 

Dec        1896       .        .       .        .       . 

30  000 

3 

100 

Jan.   1,  1930, 

1  Readjustment  of  Treasurer. 


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METROPOLITAN  SEWER  LOANS,  NORTH  SYSTEM — Concluded. 
Bonds  issued  —  Concluded. 


DATE  OP  SALE. 

Amount 
of  Bonds 
sold. 

Rate  of  In- 
terest (per 
cent.). 

Price 
received. 

Date  due. 

Premium. 

June,  1897,         
June,  1897  

$70,000 
10,000 

3% 

3>2 

106.243 
106.243 

Jan.      ,  1930, 
Jan.     ,  1930, 

|      $5,084  80i 

Apr.,  1898,         .                ... 

5  000 

3 

100 

Jan.      ,  1930, 

June  1898 

155  000 

zy 

100 

Jan         1930 

22  843  75  l 

June  1898, 

60  000 

%% 

100 

Jan         1930 

Apr.,  1900  

265,000 

3 

103  948 

Jan.     ,  1930, 

10,462  20 

May    1903 

200  000 

3>£ 

104  9797 

Jan         1930 

9  959  40 

May,  1903  

50  000 

8>£ 

106  2424 

Jan         1943 

3,121  20 

July,  1903 

250  000 

3/£ 

104  419 

July       1943 

11  047  50 

$6,095,000 

$173,819  15 

METROPOLITAN  SEWER  LOANS,  SOUTH  SYSTEM. 
Bonds  issued. 


DATE  OF  BALK. 

Amount 
of  Bonds 
sold. 

Rate  of  In- 
terest (per 
cent.). 

Price 
received. 

Date  due. 

Premium. 

Apr.    1890, 

$100  000 

3 

103 

Jan.    1   1930, 

$3,000  00 

Apr.,  1890,        ..... 
May,    1890 

400,000 
300  000 

3 

3 

103. 

104 

Jan.    1,  1930, 
Jan     1  1930 

12,000  00 
12  000  00 

Aug.,  1895,        
Feb      1896 

300,000 
50  000 

3 
3 

100.585 
100 

Mar.  1,  1935, 
Mar    1  1935 

1,755  00 

Dec.,  1896, 

135  000 

3 

100 

Mar    1,  1935 

Dec.,  1896,        
June,  1897,         

15,000 
300,000 

3 

zya 

100. 
106.98 

Mar.  1,  1935, 
Mar.  1,  1935, 

20,940  00 

June,  1898  
June,  1899,         .        .                 .        . 

35,000 
25000 

3% 

3  " 

100. 
100.64 

Mar.  1,  1935, 
Mar.  1,  1936, 

4,088  00  l 
160  00 

June,  1899,         

1,000,000 

3 

100.64 

July  1,  1939, 

6,400  00 

Sept.,  1900,        
Sept     1900 

10,000 
912 

3 
3 

100.79 
100 

July  1,  1939, 
July  1   1939 

79  00 

Apr.,  1901  
Sept.,  1901  
Sept.,  1902  

40,000 
2,000,000 
14,000 

3 

3% 

3 

100.915 
106.71 
100. 

Mar.  1,  1936, 
July  1,  1940, 
July  1,  1939, 

366  00 
134,200  00 

Sept.,  1902,         
Sept     1902 

500,000 
150  000 

3% 

3% 

107.243 
107  2395 

July  1,1940, 
July   1   1940 

36,215  00 
10  859  25 

Dec.,  1902  
Feb.,  1903,        ..... 

200,000 
100,000 

9X 

3}£ 

107.79 
108  25 

July  1,  1940, 
July  1,  1940, 

15,580  00 
8  230  56  ! 

Apr.,  1903  
Apr.,  1903,        
Apr     1903 

100,000 
175,000 
203  000 

3ya 

zy, 

3% 

106.75 
106.75 

106  75 

July  1,  1940, 
July  1,  1940, 
July  1   1940 

6,750  00 
11,812  50 

Apr     1903 

25  000 

3/4 

106  494 

July  1   1940 

1  623  50 

Apr.,  1903,         

133  000 

Z% 

105.9364 

July  1,  1940 

7  895  42 

May,    1903  
May,    1903, 

996,000 
4  000 

zyx 

3)4 

106.2424 
105  5453 

Jan.    1,  1943, 
Mar.  1,  1935 

62,174  31 
221  81 

July,  1904  

392,000 

3% 

104.929 

July  1,  1944, 

19  321  68 

$7,702,912 

$389,374  53 

Readjustment  of  Treasurer. 


No.  57.] 


AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD. 


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(3)  METROPOLITAN  SEWERAGE  LOANS  SINKING  FUND. 

Under  authority  of  chapter  122  of  the  Acts  of  1899,  and  section 
14  of  chapter  424  of  the  Acts  of  1899,  the  Treasurer  of  the  Com- 
monwealth was  required  to  consolidate  the  sinking  funds  of  all  the 
Metropolitan  sewerage  Joans  into  one  fund,  to  be  known  as  the 
Metropolitan  Sewerage  Loans  Sinking  Fund.  The  Board  received, 
during  the  year,  from  rentals  and  from  other  sources,  to  be  applied 
to  the  sinking  fund,  $75. 

The  sinking  fund  established  has  amounted  at  the  end  of  each  year 
to  sums  as  follows  :  — 


December  81,  1899, 
December  31,  1900, 
December  31,  1901, 
December  31,  1902, 


$361,416  59 
454,520  57 
545,668  26 
636,084  04 


December  31, 1903, 
December  31,  1904, 
December  31,  1905, 


«754,690  41 

878,557  12 

1,008,724  95 


(4)  ANNUAL  APPROPRIATIONS,  RECEIPTS   AND  EXPENDITURES. 

The  annual  appropriations  for  the  maintenance  of  the  Metropoli- 
tan Sewerage  Works,  the  receipts  of  the  Board  which  are  added  to 
the  appropriations  for  maintenance,  and  the  expenditures  for  main- 
tenance for  the  year  ending  December  31,  1905,  have  been  as 
follows :  — 

North  Metropolitan  System. 

Balance  January  1,  1905 $21,593  22 

Appropriation  under  chapter  215  of  the  Acts  of  1905,        .        .        .       127,000  00 
Receipts  from  pumping  and  from  other  sources 1,821  00 


Amount  approved  by  the  Board  for  payment,    . 
Balance  January  1,  1906,      . 


$150,414  22 
117,517  07 

132,897  15 


South  Metropolitan  System. 

Balance  January  1,  1905, *  f  410  48 

Appropriation  under  chapter  214  of  the  Acts  of  1905,        .        .        .       144,920  00 
Receipts   from  sales  of  property,  from  pumping  and  from  other 

sources, 885  57 


Amount  approved  by  the  Board  for  payment, 
Balance  January  1,  1906, 


f!46,216  05 
146,076  06 

f!39  99 


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(5)  ANNUAL  ASSESSMENTS. 

Assessments  for  the  year,  amounting  to  $378,507.29  for  the  North 
Metropolitan  System  and  to  $441,566.78  for  the  South  Metropolitan 
System,  were  required  for  the  payment  of  interest  and  sinking  fund 
requirements  and  the  cost  of  maintenance  and  operation  of  works. 
The  requirements  for  the  North  Metropolitan  System  were :  for 
interest,  $195,409.32;  for  the  sinking  fund,  $51,807.19;  and  for 
maintenance,  $131,290.78.  For  the  South  Metropolitan  System 
the  requirements  were:  for  interest,  $248,235.92;  for  the  sinking 
fund,  $45,729.02  ;  and  for  maintenance,  $147,601.84.  These  assess- 
ments were  made  upon  the  cities  and  towns  in  the  respective  dis- 
tricts in  accordance  with  the  ratios  determined  by  the  Apportionment 
Commissioners  under  chapter  439  of  the  Acts  of  the  year  1889  and 
chapter  224  of  the  Acts  of  the  year  1899,  and  were  as  follows  :  — 

North  Metropolitan  Sewerage  System. 


Arlington, 

f8,320  12 

Somerville, 

f  51,853  10 

Belmont,  . 

.        .           4,769  69 

Stoneham, 

5,105  05 

Boston,    . 

66,616  40 

Wakefield,       . 

7,866  30 

Cambridge, 

.        .         89,341  00 

Winchester,     . 

7,944  84 

Chelsea,  . 

25,166  15 

Winthrop, 

6,159  96 

Everett,   . 

18,889  74 

Woburn,  . 

11,024  37 

Lexington, 

2,549  18 

Revere,    .        .        . 

12,693  48 

Maiden, 

29,709  46 

Medf  ord,  . 

18,421  41 

Total, 

.     $378,507  29 

Melrose,  .        . 

12,077  04^ 

South  Metropolitan  Sewerage  System. 

Boston,    . 

.     $186,191  56 

Quincy,    . 

.       $28,586  71 

Brookline, 

75,288  19 

Waltham, 

27,997  80 

Dedham,1 

11,115  08 

Watertown,     . 

13,604  46 

Hyde  Park,      . 

.        .         15,347  41 

Milton,    .       . 

.        .         19,637  96 

Total, 

.     $441,566  78 

Newton,  .       « 

63,797  61 

Exclusive  of  Westwood. 


(6)    EXPENDITURES  FOR  THE  DIFFERENT  WORKS. 
The  following  is  a  summary  of  the  expenditures  made   in    the 
various  operations  for  the  different  works  :  — 


No.  57.] 


AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD. 


61 


CONSTRUCTION. 

For  Year  ending 
December  31,  1905. 

From  Beginning  of  Work 
to  December  31,  1905. 

North  Metropolitan  System. 
Original  system,  main  line  and  branches, 

- 

$5,383,932  67 
68,585  15 

Everett  branch  
Wakefield  branch  

- 

54,877  12 
35,608  29 
11,574  10 

Chelsea  and  Everett  outlets,       .... 
Wakefleld  branch  extension,      .... 
Revere  extension  

$200  00 
187  20 
1,271  08 
602  37 

71,216  41 
190,070  97 
215,722  79 
57  15S  06 

Total  Xorth  Metropolitan  System,     . 

~         ".          '.          $2,260  65 

$6,088,830  56 

South  Metropolitan  System. 
Charles  River  valley  sewer,  main  line,     . 
Neponset  River  valley  sewer,  main  line,  . 
Brookline  branch  

$50  00 
2,219  54 

41,510  65 

$800,046  27 
$866,595  66 

39,138  14 

905,733  80 

5  918,262  59 

43  780  19 

$7  624  042  66 

$13,712,873  22 

MAINTENANCE. 

For  Year  ending 
December  31,  1905. 

From  Beginning 
of  Work  to 
December  31,  1905. 

$117,517  07 

$1,012,779  47 

146  076  06 

936  356  33 

T  t  1  f            it                 b  th 

$263  593  13 

$1  949  135  80 

'• 

(7)  DETAILED  FINANCIAL  STATEMENT. 

The  Board  herewith  presents,  in  accordance  with  the  Metropolitan 
Sewerage  Acts,  an  abstract  of  the  expenditures  and  disbursements, 
receipts,  assets  and  liabilities  for  the  year  ending  December  31, 
1905  :  — 

(a)    Expenditures  and  Disbursements. 


GKNKRAL  CHARACTER  OP  EXPENDITURE*. 

For  Year  ending 
December  31, 
1905. 

North  Metropolitan  System  —  Construction. 
Engineers,  inspectors,  rodmen,  laborers  and  others,     . 

$22   00 

1  76 

Brick,  cement,  lumber  and  other  field  supplies,    .... 

796  12 

Amount  carried  forward,         .        .        .  '     . 

f819  88 

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GENERAL  CHARACTER  OF  EXPENDITURES. 

For  Year  ending 
December  31, 
1905. 

$819  88 

North  Metropolitan  System  —  Construction  —  Concluded. 
Contracts  :  — 
Chelsea  and  Everett  Outlets  :  — 
H.  A.  Hanscom  &  Co.,  Sect.  56,       .        .        .   .     .  '     . 
Revere  Extension  :  — 
Charles  A.  Haskin,  Sect.  61,     .        .        .        .       ..  •  ~  . 
Land  takings,  purchase  and  recording,  , 

200  00 

638  40 
602  37 

Total                                                                             ... 

$2  260  65 

South  Metropolitan  System  —  Construction. 
Neponset  River  Valley  Sewer  :  — 
Experts  and  appraisers,  .        .                 .        .                 .        » 
Brookline  branch  :  — 

f  50  00 
15  00 

675  00 

Land  takings,  purchase  and  recording,       

1,529  54 

$2,269  54 

High-level  Sewer  :  — 

$175  00 

Clerical  services,     
Engineers,  inspectors,  rodmen,  laborers  and  others,     .                . 
Carriage  hire  and  travelling  expenses,  

295  00 
15,139  48 
141  00 
333  33 

22  00 

Brick,  cement,  lumber  and  other  field  supplies,    .... 
Tools  and  repairs  of  same,      
Contracts  :  — 
Hiram  W.  Phillips,  Sect.  43  
Lockwood  Manufacturing  Co.,  Sect.  44,     .        .        .        .    '     . 
Woodbury  &  Leighton  Co.,  Sect.  44  
E.  W.  &  J.  J.  Everson,  Sect.  66  
E  W  Everson  &  Co  ,  Sect  75  (part),         

6,267  85 
13  45 

9,705  23 
1,678  80 
1,500  00 
950  00 
1,000  00 

Lockwood  Manufacturing  Co.,  Sect.  77,     

1,929  30 
757  71 

225  00 

Legal  services,         
Claims  and  allowances  on  contracts,      .        ...        .        .  .     . 

31  50 
1,250  00 
96  00 

Total         .                 

$41,510  65 

North  Metropolitan  System  —  Maintenance. 
Administration  :  — 
Commissioners,  secretary  and  assistants,    
Postage,  printing,  stationery  and  office  supplies, 
Rent,  telephone,  heating,  lighting  and  care  of  offices, 
Miscellaneous  expenses,      

$5,058  34 
650  86 
1,571  08 
102  14 

$7,382  42 

No.  57.] 


AND  SEWERAGE  BOARD. 


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GENERAL  CHARACTER  OF  EXPENDITURES. 


Amount  brought  forward,        , 

North  Metropolitan  System  —  Maintenance  —  Concluded 
General  superintendence :  — 

Engineer  and  assistants, 

Postage,  printing,  stationery  and  office  supplies, 

Rent,  telephone,  heating,  lighting  and  care  of  offices, 

Miscellaneous  expenses, 

Deer  Island  pumping  station  :  — 

Labor, 

Coal, 

Oil  and  waste, 

Water, 

Packing, 

Repairs  and  renewals,          .        .        .        ..... 

Telephones  and  office  supplies,  .        ....        .        . 

Miscellaneous  supplies  and  expenses,         .... 
East  Boston  pumping  station 

Labor,  .... 

Coal,     .... 

Oil  and  waste, 

Water,  .... 

Packing, 

Repairs  and  renewals, 

Telephones  and  office  supplies,  . 

Miscellaneous  supplies  and  expenses, 
Charlestown  pumping  station  :  — 

Labor, 

Coal, 

Oil  and  waste, 

Water, 

Packing, 

Repairs  and  renewals, 

Telephones  and  office  supplies,  . 

Miscellaneous  supplies  and  expenses, 
Alewife  Brook  pumping  station  :  — 

Labor, 

Coal, 

Oil  and  waste,      .        .        .        .     ,  . 

Water, 

Packing 

Repairs  and  renewals, 

Telephones  and  office  supplies,  . 

Miscellaneous  supplies  and  expenses, 
Sewer  lines,  labor, 

Supplies  and  expenses,        .        .        i 

Horses,  vehicles  and  stable  account,  . 


Total, 


South  Metropolitan  System  —  Maintenance. 
Administration  :  — 

Commissioners,  secretary  and  assistants,    . 
Postage,  printing,  stationery  and  office  supplies, 
Rent,  telephone,  heating,  lighting  and  care  of  building, 
Miscellaneous  expenses, 

Amount  carried  forward, 


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GENERAL  CHARACTER  OF  EXPESDITCRKS. 


For  Year  ending 

December  31, 

1905. 


Amount  brought  forward, 


Total, 


|8,754  08 


South  Metropolitan  System  —  Maintenance  —  Concluded. 

General  superintendence :  — 

Engineer  and  assistants, 4,260  91 

Postage,  printing,  stationery  and  office  supplies,       .  353  23 

Rent,  telephone,  heating,  lighting  and  care  of  offices,  661  90 

Miscellaneous  expenses,      ...'...  119  45 

Sewer  lines,  labor, .  9,949  35 

Supplies  and  expenses, 1,834  29 

City  of  Boston,  for  pumping  and  interest, .         .        .  72,318  85 

Horses,  vehicles  and  stable  account,  ....  2,230  18 

Quincy  pumping  station  :  — 

Labor, ....        .        .  4,244  24 

Coal, ...        .        .        .  1,580  00 

Oil  and  waste .                         .  47  40 

Water, .  329  96 

Packing .  42  23 

Repairs  and  renewals,         ....                         .  155  81 

Telephones  and  office  supplies,  ...                        .  122  68 

Miscellaneous  supplies  and  expenses,         .                         .  1,878  46 

City  of  Boston,  for  discharge  of  sewage,    .                        .  622  21 

Ward  Street  pumping  station .  — 

Labor, 14,453  34 

Coal •  .   .        .        .        .         .        .  8,199  80 

Oil  and  waste,      ..........  878  19 

Water, 1,117  20 

Packing 98  81 

Repairs  and  renewals, 247  58 

Telephones  and  office  supplies,  .......  239  10 

Miscellaneous  supplies  and  expenses, 4,488  40 

Nut  Island  screen-house :  — 

Labor, 4,632  99 

Coal, .' 920  50 

Oil  and  waste 51  45 

Packing, .  9  68 

Telephones  and  office  supplies,  .......  223  15 

Miscellaneous  supplies  and  expenses, 899  88 

Water, 106  92 

Repairs  and  renewals, 3  84 


$146,076  06 


(b)  Receipts. 

The  receipts  from  the  sales  of  property,  from  rents  and  from 
other  sources,  have  been  credited  as  follows  :  — 


No.  57.] 


AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD. 


65 


ACCOUNT. 

For  Year  ending 
I        December  31, 
1905. 

From  Beginning  of 
Work  to  December 
31,  1905. 

North  Metropolitan  System  —  construction,  . 
South  Metropolitan  System  —  construction,. 
North  Metropolitan  System  —  maintenance, 
South  Metropolitan  System  —  maintenance, 
Metropolitan  Sewerage  Loans  Sinking  Fund, 

$129   87 

644  28 

1,821  00 
885  57 
75  00 

$17,153  40 
6,622  27 
7,176  53 
1,027  43 
835  20 

Totals,     

$3,555  72 

$32,814  83 

(c)  Assets. 

The  following  is  an  abstract  of  the  assets  of  the  Sewerage  Works, 
a  complete  schedule  of  which  is  kept  on  file  in  the  office  of  the 
Board :  — 

Office  furniture,  fixtures  and  supplies ;  engineering  and  scientific  instruments 
and  supplies;  horses,  vehicles,  field  machinery,  etc.;  machinery,  tools  and 
other  appliances  and  supplies ;  real  estate  connected  with  works  not  com- 
pleted ;  completed  works,  including  real  estate  connected  therewith. 


(d)  Liabilities. 
There  are  liabilities  as  follows  :  — 


Current  bills  unpaid, 
Due  on  monthly  pay  rolls, 


$6,460  24 
610  55 


$7,070  79 


Amounts  on  Monthly  Estimates,  not  due  until  Completion  of  Contracts  or  until 
Claims  are  settled. 


NAME. 

Work. 

Amount 

High-level  Sewer  :  — 
J.  W.  Bustin  &  Co., 
National  Contracting  Co., 
E.  W.  Everson  &  Co.,     . 

Sect.  57,  reserved  for  repairs, 
Sect.  73,  contract  abandoned, 
Sect.  75,  .  . 

$100  00 

5,516  17 
1,000  00 

Allis-Chalmers  Co  , 

Sect.  77,  .  .  •'..•'  i 

51,000  00 

$57,616  17 

On  the  claims  of  the  following  it  is  impossible  to  state  the  amounts 
due  for  land  and  other  damages,  as  no  sums  have  been  agreed  upon, 


66  METROPOLITAN  WATER  [Pub.  Doc. 

and  suits  are  now  pending  in  the  courts  for  the  determination  of 
most  of  them  :  — 

Holyhood  Cemetery  Association,  Boston  Elevated  Railway  Com- 
pany, Boston  &  Maine  Railroad,  Mary  Rohan,  Mary  E.  Connolly, 
National  Contracting  Company,  Jacob  M.  Mason,  Martin  Dings, 
Anna  L.  Dunican,  Emma  Dings,  Carrie  S.  Urquhart,  N.  Jefferson 
Urquhart,  Edwin  N.  Urquhart,  Mary  Doherty,  Mary  E.  Doherty, 
Richard  Jones,  James  Doherty,  Michael  Niland,  Fred  W.  Baker, 
Catherine  A.  Baker,  Walter  J.  Baker,  Freda  E.  Baker. 

VIII.     CONSUMPTION   OF   WATER. 

The  average  daily  quantity  of  water  consumed  in  the  cities  and 
towns  supplied  by  the  Metropolitan  Water  Works  during  the  year 
was  118,398,000  gallons,  an  increase  of  3,489,000  gallons  per  day 
over  that  of  the  preceding  year.  The  consumption  during  the  year 
was  131.2  gallons  per  inhabitant  per  day,  as  against  129.4  gallons1 
in  the  preceding  year.  The  increase  seems  to  have  occurred  almost 
entirely  in  the  southern  high-service  district  and  in  the  northern 
and  southern  extra  high-service  districts,  the  last  comprising  the 
highest  portions  of  West  Roxbury  and  Milton.  The  maximum  con- 
sumption of  water  in  winter  occurs  when  the  temperature  is  lowest, 
and  the  summer  maximum,  though  less  than  that  of  the  winter,  is 
reached  during  periods  of  drought. 

The  measurement  of  the  water  supplied  to  each  municipality  in 
the  District,  which  the  Board  has  been  able  to  make  by  the  use  of  the 
Venturi  meters,  has  shown  results  similar  to  those  reported  for  the 
preceding  year.  An  examination  of  the  tables,  giving  the  amounts 
of  water  consumed  by  the  different  municipalities  in  different  months 
of  the  year  and  hours  of  the  day,  shows  conclusively  the  absolute 
waste  which  occurs  in  many  parts  of  the  District.  It  is  noticeable 
that  the  tables  show  in  the  coldest  weather  of  the  year  a  rate  of  con- 
sumption between  the  hours  of  1  and  4  in  the  morning  abnormally 
high,  although  during  these  hours  but  very  small  quantities  of  water 
are  used  for  any  legitimate  purposes.  The  waste  is  shown  to  occur 

1  The  consumption  per  capita  as  stated  in  last  year's  report  was  less  than  the  amount 
here  given,  as  the  estimate  of  population  was  found  too  large,  and  has  been  corrected  by 
the  recent  census. 

The  figures  of  consumption  given  here  are  for  all  of  the  water  delivered  from  the 
various  sources  of  supply,  and  they  slightly  exceed  the  figures  of  the  quantity  of  water 
delivered  to  the  different  municipalities  as  measured  by  the  Venturi  meters. 


No.  57.]  AND    SEWERAGE   BOARD.  67 

not  only  from  allowing  the  water  to  run  continuously  in  the  coldest 
season  in  order  to  avoid  the  freezing  of  the  pipes,  but  also  from 
defective  fixtures  in  houses,  and  leakages  in  the  local  systems.  It  is 
estimated  that  one-half  of  the  increase  in  the  consumption  of  water 
during  the  past  year  over  that  of  the  preceding  year  is  attributable 
to  the  increase  in  the  amount  of  leakage  and  waste,  and  not  to  the 
growth  of  population  or  necessary  uses. 

In  its  preliminary  report  made  to  the  Legislature  at  the  beginning 
of  the  present  year  the  Board  called  especial  attention  to  the  desir- 
ability of  legislation  for  the  prevention  of  waste  and  excessive  use 
of  water,  and  advised  that,  for  the  purpose  of  promoting  this  end, 
further  change  should  be  made  in  the  basis  of  assessments.  Its  re- 
port upon  this  subject  was  as  follows  :  — 

The  time  not  only  when  certain  impending  expenditures  will  be  required, 
but  also  when  the  District  will  be  called  upon  to  seek  additional  sources  of 
water  supply,  are  both  dependent  upon  the  rate  of  consumption  of  water  in 
the  various  municipalities  of  the  Metropolitan  Water  District. 

In  the  year  1894,  when  the  State  Board  of  Health  made  its  report,  the 
average  rate  of  consumption  per  capita  in  the  municipalities  now  constitut- 
ing the  District  was  88  gallons  per  day ;  and  it  was  estimated  that  an  aver- 
age quantity  of  100  gallons  per  capita  as  a  rate  of  consumption  would  be 
required  in  the  year  1920,  and  this  amount  was  the  assumed  rate  for  the 
succeeding  years,  so  that  100  gallons  per  capita  per  day  was  the  quantity 
declared  proper  to  be  used  in  estimating  the  requirements  of  the  succeeding 
thirty  years.  It  was  upon  this  basis  that  the  calculations  as  to  the  capacity 
required  and  the  time  for  which  the  works  recommended  would  be  sufficient 
were  made. 

The  average  rate  of  100  gallons  per  capita  per  day  was  actually  reached 
in  the  year  1896 ;  and  in  the  year  1905  the  average  rate  in  the  District  was 
129  gallons  per  capita,  and  in  the  city  of  Boston  the  rate  of  consumption 
reached  the  amount  of  151  gallons. 

The  Board  is  still  of  the  opinion,  from  the  careful  investigations  which 
have  been  made,  that  100  gallons  per  capita  per  day  are  ample,  and  indeed 
more  than  ample,  for  all  the  proper  needs  of  the  District,  and  that  it  is  both 
possible  and  practicable  to  prevent  the  unnecessary  use  and  waste  which 
make  up  the  excess. 

In  the  lack  of  further  legislation,  the  remedy  for  the  over-consumption 
lies  with  the  local  authorities  of  the  various  municipalities  of  the  District. 

In  the  year  1904  the  Legislature  changed  in  part  the  basis  upon  which 
the  assessments  upon  the  various  cities  and  towns  were  fixed.  It  was  pro- 


68  METROPOLITAN   WATER  [Pub.  Doc. 

vided  that,  beginning  with  the  year  1906,  assessments  should  be  made  in 
the  cities  and  towns  other  than  Boston,  one- third  in  proportion  to  their 
respective  valuations,  and  two-thirds  in  proportion  to  the  quantity  of  water 
respectively  consumed  by  them,  the  Legislature  of  that  year  substituting,  so 
far  as  these  cities  and  towns  were  concerned,  consumption  as  an  element  of 
assessment  instead  of  population.  The  assessment  of  the  city  of  Boston 
remained  as  originally  fixed,  being  based  upon  the  proportion  which  its 
valuation  bears  to  the  total  valuation  of  the  District. 

It  is  believed  by  the  Board  that  the  time  has  come  when  the  principle  of 
consumption  should  be  made  an  element  in  the  assessment  of  Boston,  as 
well  as  in  the  assessments  payable  by  the  other  cities  and  towns.  The 
reason  why  a  certain  discrimination  was  made  in  the  original  act  against 
the  city  of  Boston,  because  the  act  provided  that  the  works  of  water  supply 
of  that  city  should  be  taken  and  paid  for,  has  now  lost  much  of  its  force. 

It  is  believed  that  making  consumption  an  important  element  in  the  ques- 
tion of  assessment  will  not  only  tend  to  decrease  the  consumption  in  the 
city  of  Boston,  but  prove  the  most  effective  means  of  postponing  the  large 
expenditures  which  may  be  required  in  the  future.  Although  the  act  of  the 
year  1904  takes  effect  in  the  current  year,  the  good  results  which  have  come 
from  the  enactment  of  the  statute  have  been  already  seen  in  the  movements 
which  have  been  begun  in  several  of  the  municipalities,  looking  to  the  in- 
troduction of  meters,  and  a  more  rigorous  inspection  in  the  interest  of  de- 
creasing the  yearly  assessments. 

The  application  of  meters  and  more  careful  inspection  are  greatly  to  be 
desired,  and  it  is  far  preferable  that  these  should  be  supplied  by  the  action 
of  the  local  authorities  than  compelled  by  general  legislation. 

The  Board  urges  not  only  the  desirability  of  general  legislation, 
but  also  urges  upon  the  various  municipalities  of  the  District  the 
adoption  of  measures,  through  the  introduction  of  meters,  rigorous 
inspection  or  otherwise,  which  shall  tend  to  decrease  the  unneces- 
sary consumption,  and  to  save  unnecessary  burdens  which  fall  not 
only  upon  the  people  of  the  District  itself,  but,  in  case  of  uncalled- 
for  extensions  of  works,  upon  residents  of  other  portions  of  the 
Commonwealth,  whose  lands  are  taken,  whose  other  properties  are 
affected  in  value,  and  whose  business  interests  are  impaired. 

IX.     ELECTROLYSIS. 

Investigations  and  experiments  have  been  continued  relative  to 
the  extent  of  the  injury  done  to  the  water  pipes  by  the  underground 
electric  currents,  and  for  the  purpose  of  overcoming  or  reducing 


No.  57.]  AND   SEWERAGE   BOAED.  69 

the  injuries  which  have  resulted.  The  investigations  have  been 
made  especially  as  to  the  injury  or  disintegration  caused  by  the 
return  currents  of  the  electricity  given  off  by  the  electric  railway 
lines. 

Although  in  no  case  during  the  past  year  have  sections  of  pipe 
been  found  so  pitted  and  decomposed  as  to  compel  their  replace- 
ment or  render  their  continuance  hazardous,  it  appears  that  the 
process  of  disintegration  is  steadily  going  on,  especially  in  the 
vicinity  of  the  electric  power  stations.  Experiments  which  were 
begun  in  the  preceding  year  in  co-operation  with  one  of  the  railway 
companies,  as  to  the  effect  of  the  application  of  insulating  joints, 
were  continued.  The  result  has  indicated  that,  while  some  bene- 
fit has  been  experienced  upon  the  portions  of  the  pipes  directly 
affected  by  the  insulating  joints,  other  injuries  have  resulted,  and 
there  has  been  a  distribution  of  the  damage  over  more  remote  por- 
tions, where  it  is  still  more  difficult  to  locate  the  trouble.  Other 
means  must  be  adopted  to  protect  the  pipes  from  the  serious  injury 
impending.  The  trouble  is  not  confined  to  the  water  pipes  of  the 
Metropolitan  Works,  but  it  is  arising  on  the  local  systems  of  different 
kinds  throughout  the  District  and  State. 

X.     MOTH   SUPPRESSION. 

Much  work  has  been  required  for  the  suppression  of  the  ravages 
of  the  gypsy  and  brown-tail  moths,  the  region  about  Spot  Pond  in 
Medford  and  Stoneham  being  within  the  portion  of  the  State  which 
has  been  especially  infested  by  the  moths. 

Near  the  end  of  the  preceding  year  there  was  begun  a  systematic 
but  discriminating  cutting  of  the  very  thick  growth  of  trees  which 
bordered  the  pond  upon  the  west  and  south,  and  at  the  same  time 
much  of  the  dense  underbrush  was  removed.  This  work  was  under- 
taken not  only  for  the  purpose  of  reducing  the  number  of  trees  to 
be  protected,  but  also  for  the  general  improvement  of  the  wooded 
areas.  Thus  considerable  firewood  was  obtained  and  sold.  Much 
of  the  wood,  which  was  badly  infested,  as  well  as  the  brush,  had  to 
be  burned. 

The  area  about  Spot  Pond,  on  which  the  moths  had  appeared  to 
a  greater  or  less  extent,  embraced  about  200  acres.  There  were, 
however,  about  80  acres  which  were  worst  affected,  principally  by 
the  gypsy  moths :  and  upon  these  areas  active  work  was  begun  in 


70  METROPOLITAN   WATER  [Pub.  Doc. 

February  for  protecting  the  trees  by  applying  creosote  to  the  egg 
clusters,  by  placing  bands  of  burlap  about  the  trees  and  in  some 
cases  also  by  encircling  them  with  tanglefoot,  and  by  spraying  the 
foliage  with  disparene.  Notwithstanding  these  efforts,  many  of  the 
caterpillars  escaped,  and  further  applications  of  tanglefoot  were  made 
and  the  spraying  was  continued  until  the  middle  of  the  summer. 

The  spraying  of  the  trees  was  accomplished  with  hose  by  the  use 
of  a  portable  steam  boiler  and  steam  pump  connected  with  two  300- 
gallon  tanks,  in  which  the  disparene  was  mixed  with  water  in  the 
proportion  of  one  part  of  disparene  to  ten  parts  of  water.  The 
mixture  was  conveyed  from  the  pump  to  the  place  of  application 
through  iron  pipes,  to  which  were  connected  rubber  hose  and  nozzles. 
At  first  the  water  was  brought  from  the  pond  by  water  carts,  but 
later  it  was  found  more  economical  to  install  a  second  boiler  and 
pump  near  the  pond->* 

At  several  points  windrows  of  hay  sprinkled  with  gas  oil  were 
laid  along  the  boundary  line  of  the  Board  lands,  to  prevent  the 
caterpillars  from  entering  from  the  surrounding  lands  which  had 
not  been  adequately  protected. 

As  the  result  of  these  measures,  the  tract  of  80  acres  was  but 
very  little  injured,  and  it  is  hoped  that  a  moderate  amount  of  work 
in  the  coming  season  will  keep  the  trees  on  this  land  in  good  condi- 
tion. 

Some  portions  of  the  remaining  land  west  of  the  pond  are  still 
badly  infested  with  both  the  gypsy  and  brown-tail  moths ;  and  in 
the  latter  part  of  November  the  work  of  protection  was  resumed  by 
applying  to  the  eggs  of  the  gypsy  moths  a  mixture  of  equal  parts  of 
creosote  and  gas  oil,  and  by  cutting  off  and  burning  the  nests  of  the 
brown-tail  moths. 

Similar  work  has  been  performed  upon  the  lauds  about  Mystic 
Lake  and  the  Mystic  Reservoir  in  Medford  and  Somerville,  where 
both  the  gypsy  and  brown-tail  moths  have  appeared. 

The  lands  about  the  Chestnut  Hill  Reservoir  had  also  been  attacked 
by  the  brown-tail  moths,  and  considerable  work  has  been  done  in 
destroying  their  nests.  The  spraying  of  the  foliage  has  been  done 
by  arrangement  with  the  Boston  Park  Commission.  The  gypsy 
moth  has  made  its  first  appearance  in  this  region  during  the  past 
season. 


No.  57.]  AND   SEWERAGE   BOAED.  71 

Beginning  with  the  end  of  the  preceding  year,  the  sum  of 
$10,123.76  was  spent  in  the  work  above  described.  Of  this 
amount,  however,  about  $3,800  was  expended  in  the  cutting  of  the 
trees  and  underbrush.  The  sum  of  $959.43  has  been  received  from 
the  sale  of  firewood,  and  wood  estimated  to  be  worth  $400  remains 
on  hand.  The  sum  of  $491.08  was  expended  on  account  of  the  work 
about  the  Mystic  lands,  and  $482  on  the  lands  about  the  Chestnut 
Hill  Reservoir. 

XI.     APPORTIONMENT  OF  ANNUAL  ASSESSMENT   FOR   THE 
SOUTH   METROPOLITAN  SEWERAGE   SYSTEM. 

The  Commissioners  appointed  by  the  Supreme  «LacUcial  Court  to 
apportion  among  the  cities  and  towns  constituting  yre  South  Metro- 
politan Sewerage  District  the  proportions  wh^cjreach  should  pay 
during  the  period  comprising  the  years  190Jj$to  1909  inclusive,  on 
account  of  the  annual  assessment  necess^Hfor  the  payment  of  the 
interest  and  sinking  fund  requirements^!*!  of  the  cost  of  maintenance 
and  operation,  made  their  report  o^*June  9,  1905.  The  Commis- 
sioners followed  the  same  concl*J$bns  which  had  been  reached  by 
the  previous  commission  of  ^fjportionment  for  the  South  Metro- 
politan System,  and  by  the  three  commissions  previously  appointed 
for  the  North  Metropolitan  System,  in  fixing  the  payments  for  the 
interest  and  sinking  fund  requirements,  that  is,  for  the  cost  of  con- 
struction, according  to  the  respective  valuations  of  the  municipalities, 
and  the  payments  for  the  cost  of  maintenance  and  operation  accord- 
ing to  their  respective  populations. 

Provision  will  have  to  be  made  during  the  present  year  for  a  new 
apportionment  of  the  assessments  for  the  North  Metropolitan  Dis- 
trict. Inasmuch  as  all  the  five  commissions  appointed  to  make  the 
apportionment  since  the  beginning  of  the  works  have  adopted  the 
same  bases  of  apportionment,  there  would  seem  to  be  good  reason 
why  the  matter  should  now  be  fixed  by  legislation,  and  the  con- 
siderable expenditures  attending  the  appointment  of  commissions 
should  be  saved  to  the  District. 

The  report  and  award  of  the  Commissioners  for  the  South  Metro- 
politan Sewerage  District  are  found  as  Appendix  No.  7. 


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XII.     RECOMMENDATIONS  FOR  ADDITIONAL  WATER  LOANS 
AND   OTHER  LEGISLATION. 

The  Board,  in  its  preliminary  report  to  the  Legislature  of  the 
year  1906,  recommended  that  provision  be  made  for  further  addi- 
tions to  the  Metropolitan  Water  Loan  Fund  for  future  construction 
and  acquisition  of  works.  The  recommendations  were  as  follows  :  — 

It  appears  from  the  financial  statement  that  on  January  1,  1906,  a  bal- 
ance remains  on  account  of  the  Metropolitan  Water  Loan  Fund,  for  the 
construction  and  acquisition  of  works,  amounting  to  $1,079,551.27.  The 
Wachusett  Dam  and  Reservoir  have  now  so  nearly  reached  completion  that 
the  construction  of  the  dam  and  reservoir  will  be  entirely  finished  during 
the  coming  season.  Nearly  all  of  the  other  work  which,  by  the  Metropolitan 
Water  Act  of  1895,  was  contemplated  to  be  performed  during  the  first  ten 
years,  has  already  been  completed. 

For  the  construction  of  the  system  of  Metropolitan  Water  Works,  "  sub- 
stantially in  accordance  with  the  plans  and  recommendations  of  the  State 
Board  of  Health,"  as  contained  in  their  report  for  the  year  1895,  careful 
estimates  were  made.  When  the  Legislature  enacted  the  Metropolitan 
Water  Act  in  the  year  1895,  the  Board,  in  addition  to  building  works 
as  recommended  by  the  State  Board  of  Health,  was  required  to  take  and 
pay  for  the  works  held  by  the  city  of  Boston  for  the  purposes  of  a  water 
supply,  as  well  as  Spot  Pond  and  the  lands  under  and  surrounding  the  same, 
owned  by  the  cities  of  Maiden,  Medford  and  Melrose,  and  to  make  various 
other  lesser  expenditures,  for  which  no  estimates  were  made.  Subsequent 
Legislatures  have  made  still  further  requirements  calling  for  large  expendi- 
tures, for  which  also  no  appropriations  whatever  were  provided. 

The  State  Board  of  Health  estimated  the  cost  of  the  works  called  for  by 
its  recommendations  to  be  $19,045,800;  and  the  cost  of  an  aqueduct  to 
Weston,  to  be  constructed  within  ten  years,  with  main  pipes  extending  to 
the  distributing  system,  to  be  a  further  amount  of  $4,982,000.  An  addi- 
tional expenditure  for  the  second  ten  years  was  estimated  to  require  a  sum 
of  $1,300,000. 

The  Act  of  1895  made  provision  for  the  issue  of  bonds  to  the  amount 
of  $27,000,000.  Subsequently,  in  the  year  1901,  after  a  settlement  had 
been  effected  with  the  city  of  Boston,  under  which  it  was  provided  that 
$12,768,948.80  should  be  paid  for  its  water  works  taken,  in  addition  to 
$1,157,921.59  before  paid  that  city  jn  reimbursement,  and  $1,884,320.68 
required  for  the  completion  of  its  unfinished  works,  making  a  total  of 
$15,811,191.07,  provision  was  made  fora  further  issue  of  bonds  to  the 
amount  of  $13,000,000,  making  the  total  issue  authorized  up  to  the  present 


No.  57.]  AND    SEWERAGE   BOARD.  73 

time  $40,000,000,  to  the  proceeds  of  which  is  to  be  added  certain  receipts 
applied  to  the  Water  Loan  Fund,  which  have  now  amounted  to  8123,765.50. 

Spot  Pond  and  the  lands  and  water  works  adjacent  were  taken  from  the 
cities  of  Maiden,  Medford  and  Melrose  on  January  1,  1898,  and  negotia- 
tions were  soon  begun  by  the  Board  looking  toward  a  settlement  of  the 
claims  of  these  cities  for  compensation.  In  December  of  the  year  1899  these 
cities  brought  suits  against  the  Commonwealth  for  the  recovery  of  damages 
on  account  of  the  takings  of  1898.  The  suit  of  the  city  of  Medford  also 
included  damages  on  account  of  the  taking  of  some  additional  land,  made 
in  August,  1899  ;  and  on  May  11,  1904,  a  further  suit  for  a  comparatively 
small  amount  of  damages  on  account  of  the  taking  of  some  additional  lands 
and  rights  from  the  city  of  Medford  was  brought  by  that  city. 

Subsequently,  on  August  9,  1901,  after  the  settlement  had  been  effected 
with  the  city  of  Boston,  the  Board,  with  the  assent  of  the  Attorney-General, 
offered  to  settle  with  these  cities  upon  substantially  the  same  basis  upon 
which  payment  had  been  made  to  the  city  of  Boston  for  its  works,  namely, 
the  cost  of  the  works  taken,  together  with  interest  at  3£  per  cent.,  from 
November  1,  1900,  this  being  the  extent  of  the  offer  which  the  Board 
deemed  that  it  was  then  justified  in  making. 

The  total  cost  of  their  works,  under  computations  made  from  the  state- 
ments received  by  the  Board  from  the  three  cities,  was  $287,630.57;  and 
the  interest  accrued  from  November  1,  1900,  to  the  date  of  the  offers, 
would  have  amounted  to  $7,774.02  additional.  These  offers  not  being 
accepted,  the  claims  continued  to  be  prosecuted  under  the  suits  brought  in 
court. 

The  auditors  appointed  by  the  court  to  determine  the  amount  of  the 
damages  sustained,  after  a  prolonged  hearing,  on  June  19,  1905,  filed  their 
award,  by  which  they  gave  to  the  three  cities  a  total  sum  in  damages  of 
$875,452.75,  to  which  was  added  interest  from  the  date  of  the  takings  to 
the  date  of  the  award,  of  $364,027.16,  the  principal  and  interest  amount- 
ing to  $1,239,479.91.  There  had,  however,  been  paid,  principally  under 
chapter  317  of  the  Acts  of  the  year  1904,  providing  for  partial  payments 
in  cases  of  takings  under  the  right  of  eminent  domain  in  advance  of  the 
judgment  of  a  judicial  tribunal,  the  sum  of  $342,820.68,  so  that  under 
the  award  of  the  auditors  there  remained  to  be  paid,  as  of  June  19,  1905, 
the  sum  of  $896,659.23.  The  Board  has  been  called  upon  to  pay  legal 
expenses,  as  nearly  as  can  now  be  determined,  in  addition  to  the  above 
total,  amounting  to  more  than  $41,000. 

Though  the  amount  of  the  award  had,  under  the  advice  of  the  engineers 
and  experts  whom  it  consulted,  been  deemed  by  the  Board  very  greatly  in 
excess  of  the  sum  believed  to  be  due  to  these  cities  as  proper  compensation 
for  their  property  taken,  the  Board,  acting  according  to  the  advice  of  the 


74  METROPOLITAN  WATEE  [Pub.  Doc. 

Attorney-General,  has  now  assented  to  a  settlement  by  which  the  sum  of 
$896,659.23,  named  as  due  on  June  19,  1905,  shall  be  paid,  but  no  further 
interest  shall  be  payable.  Seventy  per  cent,  of  this  amount  is  to  be  paid 
directly,  and  the  balance  at  a  later  date. 

Inasmuch  as  the  payment  of  the  amount  remaining  due  under  the  Spot 
Pond  award  will  leave  a  sum  insufficient  to  provide  for  the  payment  of 
indebtedness  already  accrued  and  the  completion  of  works  now  in  progress, 
and  for  the  construction  of  such  works  as  are  believed  to  be  required  for 
the  coming  year,  so  that  it  will  become  necessary  in  any  event  that  an 
additional  loan  fund  shall  now  be  authorized,  the  Board  has  deemed  it 
proper  to  present  a  statement  of  the  works  which  it  now  seems  may  be  re- 
quired during  a  series  of  years  to  come.  It  is  of  course  impossible  to  state 
with  exactness  the  cost,  especially  of  works  to  be  constructed  in  the  unde- 
termined future,  or  to  estimate  correctly  the  amount  of  demands  which  are 
subject  to  the  decisions  and  judgments  of  the  courts. 

It  is  estimated  that  there  will  be  required  sums  as  follows :  — 

Works  completed,  in  Progress  and  deemed  called  for  in  the  Coming  Tear. 

For  the  payment  of  claims  and  reserves  under  completed  contracts, 
for  the  completion  of  contracts  and  work  now  pending,  for  damages 
under  suits  and  claims  still  unsettled,  and  for  administration,  engi- 
neering and  legal  expenses  connected  with  the  above,  the  sum  of  .  f  345,000 

For  various  works  which  will  be  required  during  the  coming  season 
for  the  completion  of  the  Wachusett  Dam  and  Reservoir,  with  the 
necessary  administration  and  engineering  expenses,  ....  50,000 

For  the  Chestnut  Hill  and  Arlington  pumping  stations,  and  other  work 
in  connection  with  the  aqueducts  and  pipe  lines,  ....  38,000 

For  the  drainage  of  swamps  in  both  the  Wachusett  and  Sudbury  water- 
sheds, the  construction  of  filter-beds  and  other  works  for  the  pre- 
vention of  pollution,  which  the  Board  believes  are  demanded  for  the 
sanitary  improvement  of  the  system, 200,000 

For  the  construction  of  a  masonry  tower  around  the  Arlington  stand- 
pipe,  which  the  Board  believes  to  be  desirable, 40,000 


Total,          .        .        .        .        .        .-       .        ,       ..        .       ^        .     $673,000 

The  payments  and  works  covered  by  the  first  three  items  in  the  above 
list,  and  a  portion  of  the  fourth  item,  seem  absolutely  required.  The  fourth 
and  fifth  items  relate  to  works  upon  which  construction  has  not  been  begun, 
but  which  the  Board  believes  should  certainly  or  properly  be  undertaken 
during  the  coming  year. 

There  are  other  works  for  the  distribution  of  water  which  have  not  been 
entered  upon,  but  which  will  probably  be  required  sooner  or  later  during 
the  period  of  the  next  few  years.  The  time  when  these  works  will  be  re- 


No.  57.]  AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD.  75 

quired  is  dependent  upon  the  success  of  the  efforts  which  may  be  made  for 
checking  or  lessening  the  waste  and  unnecessary  use  of  water.  Should  the 
consumption  of  water  go  on  increasing  at  the  rate  at  which  it  has  increased 
during  the  past  ten  years,  a  portion  at  least  of  these  should  be  begun  early 
in  the  period.  These  requirements  are  as  follows :  — 

Works  not  yel  begun,  but  needed  from  Time  to  Time,  in  the  Next  Few  Years. 
For  a  main  pipe  line  from  Weston  Aqueduct  to  Medford,       .        .       $ 850,000  00 
For  an  additional  pipe  line  from  Everett  to  Revere,        .        .        «•-         40,000  00 
For  a  new  pumping  engine  at  the  high-service  station  at  Chestnut 

Hill  Reservoir 150,000  00 

For  a  new  pipe  line  from  Medford  to  Maiden,        ....         150,000  00 


Total $1,190,000  00 

There  is  another  class  of  works,  the  construction  of  one  or  another  of 
which  may  be  called  for  at  a  short  notice,  or  may  perhaps  be  deferred  for 
a  considerable  period  to  come.  The  town  of  Hyde  Park  and  the  city  of 
Newton  are  parts  of  the  Metropolitan  Water  District,  and  pay  partial 
annual  assessments,  but  as  yet  have  not  called  for  a  water  supply.  When- 
ever they  deem  that  their  own  sources  are  insufficient,  the  Board  is  required 
to  furnish  them  water.  So,  also,  any  city  or  town  not  now  embraced 
within  the  District,  but  situated  within  the  ten-mile  limit,  must  be  admitted 
to  the  District,  and  receive  a  water  supply  on  payment  of  such  sum  as  the 
Board  may  determine,  the  sum  so  received  not  being  applied  to  the  Metro- 
politan Water  Loan  Fund,  but  being  distributed  back  to  the  cities  and 
towns  composing  the  District. 

Inasmuch  as  these  demands,  though  uncertain,  may  any  of  them  be  sud- 
denly made,  it  would  seem  that  a  proper  appropriation  therefor  should  now 
be  authorized  for  use  when  the  occasion  arises. 

Works  required  when  Additional  Cities  and  Towns  call  for  a  Water  Supply  from 

the  Metropolitan  Water  Works. 

For  a  pipe  line  to  supply  the  town  of  Hyde  Park,   ....       $  100,000  00 
For  pumping  machinery  and  pipes  to  supply  the  city  of  Newton,         115,000  00 
For  works  which  may  be  required  upon  admission  of  municipal- 
ities to  the  District,  say, 100,000  00 


Total, $315,000  00 

The  requirements,  therefore,  including  those  which  may  be  called  for 
during  a  period  of  years  to  come,  are  now  estimated  by  the  Board  as  fol- 
lows :  — 


76                           METROPOLITAN  WATER  [Pub.  Doc. 

For  the  payment  of  the  Spot  Pond  award,  .  $896,65923 

For  payments  and  construction  during  the  coming  year,  .  .  673,000  00 
For  works  for  which  the  time  of  construction  is  dependent  upon 

the  consumption  of  water,  .  .  .  ,  •  •  •  •  1,190,00000 
For  works  for  which  the  time  of  construction  is  dependent  upon 

the  demands  of  municipalities,      .        ....        .        .  315,000  00 

Total,  .        .,       ..........  $3,074,659  23 

Deduct  balance  of  Metropolitan  Water  Loan  Fund  on  January  1, 

1906,       .        .        .        .......  -    •    .    v    J'079'551  27 


Total,  .....        .        •        ...        .        .    $1,995,107  96 

If  the  policy  which  has  heretofore  prevailed  should  now  be  adopted,  of 
authorizing  a  loan  sufficient  for  the  needs  of  a  considerable  period  to  come, 
under  which  bonds  can  be  issued  by  the  Treasurer  of  the  Commonwealth 
from  time  to  time  as  the  works  are  called  for,  the  amount  of  the  appropria- 
tion which  should  now  be  authorized  is  $2,000,000. 

It  is  to  be  noted  that,  in  making  the  foregoing  estimates  relative  to  the 
requirements  for  the  future,  the  Board  has  included  no  estimates  for  the 
acquisition  of  new  sources  of  water  supply,  the  demand  for  which  will  be 
hastened  or  delayed  according  to  the  rate  of  consumption,  nor  has  it  in- 
cluded the  amount  which  may  be  needed  for  machinery  for  the  production 
of  power  at  the  Wachusett  Dam. 

The  amount  that  would  be  needed  for  the  latter  purpose,  and  the  time 
when  such  production  might  begin,  are  still  problematical.  It  is  also 
questionable  whether  the  amount  which  may  be  required  for  such  machinery, 
which  would  be  expended,  not  for  purposes  of  a  water  supply,  but  for  the 
making  of  profit,  should  be  taken  in  the  same  manner  as  in  other  cases, 
from  the  water  loan  fund.  For  the  carrying  on  of  such  work  for  profit 
the  Board  is  of  an  opinion  that  further  authorization  should  be  given  by 
the  Legislature. 

The  Board  further  recommended  the  passage  of  legislation  by 
which  it  should  be  provided  that  all  payments  of  money  hereafter 
received  from  municipalities  on  account  of  their  admission  into  the 
Metropolitan  Water  District,  and  the  initial  payments  on  account  of 
water  furnished  to  water  companies,  as  well  as  all  premiums  received 
from  sales  of  bonds  issued  for  the  construction  both  of  water  works 
and  of  sewerage  works,  should  be  applied  to  the  respective  loan 
funds,  and  not,  as  now  provided,  to  the  diminution  of  the  annual 
assessments,  as  follows  :  — 


No.  57.]  AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD.  77 

The  Metropolitan  Water  Act,  section  3  of  chapter  488  of  the  Acts  of 
1895,  provided  that  all  payments  of  money  determined  by  the  Board  to  be 
due  from  a  municipality  upon  its  subsequent  admission  into  the  District 
should  be  distributed  to  the  cities  and  towns  in  proportion  to  the  total 
amount  of  the  annual  assessments  paid  by  them  respectively.  Inasmuch 
as  the  payment  of  money  determined  to  be  due  on  admission  of  a  city  or 
town  to  the  District  is  largely  determined  by  the  additional  amount  which 
will  be  required  for  the  extension  of  the  system  to  the  municipality,  there 
seems  to  be  no  reason  why,  as  the  cost  of  such  extension  is  payable  out  of  the 
Water  Loan  Fund,  the  sum  received  on  this  account  should  not  be  payable 
back  into  the  loan  fund.  The  present  provision,  under  which  the  sums  so 
collected  are  deducted  from  the  assessments  of  the  year,  also  causes  a  decrease 
in  the  amount  of  the  annual  assessment  which  is  rather  seeming  than  real. 

Section  18  of  the  Metropolitan  Water  Act  provides  that  any  premiums 
received  from  sales  of  bonds  issued  for  the  construction  of  the  works  shall 
be  applied  to  the  diminution  of  the  charges  for  interest,  sinking  fund  re- 
quirements and  expenses  of  maintenance  and  operation  of  the  works. 
Although  there  may  have  been  at  the  outset  reason  for  this  application  of 
sums  received  from  premiums,  it  would  seem  more  just  that  money  received 
in  this  way  should  be  paid,  like  the  principal,  into  the  loan  fund. 

The  Board  respectfully  recommends  that  provision  be  made  by  which  the 
sums  received  by  the  Treasurer  from  these  two  sources  should  be  paid  into 
the  loan  fund. 

A  similar  recommendation  was  made  relative  to  the  application 
of  premiums  from  the  sale  of  bonds  issued  on  account  of  the  Metro- 
politan Sewerage  Loan  :  — 

The  Board  repeats  the  recommendation  which  it  has  made  in  the  fore- 
going pages  of  this  report  relating  to  the  water  works,  —  that  any  premiums 
received  from  sales  of  bonds  issued  for  the  construction  of  works  shall  be 
paid,  like  the  principal,  into  the  loan  fund,  and  not  be  applied  to  the 
diminution  of  the  charges  for  interest,  sinking  fund  requirements  and  ex- 
pense of  maintenance  and  operation  of  the  works  for  the  current  year.  In 
the  case  of  the  sewerage  works,  more  than  in  the  case  of  the  water  works, 
much  trouble  has  resulted  in  the  past  from  the  variation  in  the  amounts 
actually  assessed  in  successive  years,  which  has  arisen  from  the  application 
of  the  amounts  received  in  premiums  from  the  sale  of  bonds  to  the  diminu- 
tion of  the  assessment  for  the  year.  In  two  successive  years  the  amounts 
paid  in  premiums  were,  in  one  of  the  years,  49  per  cent,  of  the  total 
amount  of  interest,  sinking  fund  requirements  and  maintenance  expenses, 
and  in  the  other  year  41  per  cent,  of  the  total  amount.  Variations  of  less 
amounts  have  occurred  in  other  years.  Great  disturbance  and  annoyance 


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have  thus  been  caused  to  the  local  authorities,  who  base  coming  appropria- 
tions to  be  required  for  their  municipalities  upon  the  payment  made  for  the 
preceding  year. 

The  Board  further  recommended  that  it  be  permitted,  while  con- 
forming to  the  statute  of  chapter  211  of  the  Acts  of  the  year  1905, 
providing  that  the  fiscal  year  of  departments  and  boards  should 
begin  on  the  first  day  of  December  and  end  on  the  thirtieth  day  of 
November,  and  making  its  report  thereon,  including  a  statement 
of  its  recommendations  regarding  matters  of  legislation,  to  make  in 
the  month  of  February  its  detailed  statement  of  the  year's  opera- 
tions, with  the  statistical  tables  accompanying  it,  for  the  calendar 
year  preceding,  as  follows  :  — 

The  Legislature  of  last  year  provided,  by  chapter  211,  that  beginning 
hereafter  the  fiscal  year  for  all  offices,  departments,  boards,  commissions 
and  institutions  shall  end  with  the  thirtieth  day  of  November ;  and  further 
provided  that  the  annual  reports  required  of  them  shall  be  made  on  or  before 
the  third  Wednesday  in  January.  By  the  General  Laws  the  annual  reports 
of  most  boards  and  commissions  are  required  to  include  the  year  ending  on 
the  thirtieth  day  of  September.  The  Metropolitan  Water  Act,  however, 
made  a  special  provision  in  regard  to  annual  reports.  The  work  of  con- 
struction for  the  year  is  in  its  most  active  stage  in  the  months  of  September 
and  October,  and  is  continued,  according  to  the  weather,  frequently  into  the 
month  of  December,  when  the  season's  work  is  closed.  It  would  be  im- 
practicable, if  not  impossible,  to  make  a  proper  detailed  statement  of  the 
work  accomplished  during  the  year  ending  with  September  30,  and  to  call 
upon  the  engineers,  who  are  at  that  time  engrossed  in  the  work  of  super- 
vision and  inspection,  to  suspend  their  efforts,  and  to  collect  and  make  up 
the  data  upon  which  the  report  must  be  made.  This  would  not  only  seriously 
interfere  with  the  season's  operations,  but  would  also  add  materially  to  their 
cost.  Besides,  the  maintenance  of  public  works  of  this  character,  especially 
water  works,  calls  for  the  compilation  and  publication  of  tables  relating  to 
rainfall,  yield  of  watersheds,  consumption  and  other  important  statistics, 
which  are  of  great  importance  as  guides  for  economical  comparisons  and 
future  construction  and  calculation,  as  well  as  of  great  value  in  court  adjudi- 
cations. These  tables,  many  of  them  beginning  with  the  operation  of  the 
works  by  the  city  of  Boston,  have  been  made  for  the  calendar  year,  and  in 
usual  conformity  with  the  similar  statistics  made  for  mutual  use  by  other 
large  cities  and  districts. 

It  has  been  the  practice  of  this  Board,  in  accordance  with  the  special 
statute  prescribing  its  duties,  to  present  to  the  Legislature  at  the  beginning 


No.  57.]  AND    SEWERAGE   BOARD.  79 

of  its  session  a  financial  report  of  its  operations,  together  with  the  recom- 
mendations which  it  has  to  offer  relative  to  desirable  legislation,  as  is  done 
in  the  present  report,  and  to  make  a  more  detailed  report  of  the  season's 
operations  in  the  month  of  February.  The  Board  recommends  that  it  be 
permitted,  while  conforming  to  the  statute  of  1905  relative  to  the  fiscal 
year,  and  making  its  report  thereon,  including  a  statement  of  its  recom- 
mendations regarding  matters  of  legislation,  to  make  its  detailed  statement 
of  the  year's  operations,  together  with  the  statistical  tables  accompanying 
it,  for  the  calendar  year,  in  the  month  of  February. 


XIII.     EXTENSIONS    OF    THE    METROPOLITAN    SEWERS    IN 
THE   NORTH   AND   SOUTH   METROPOLITAN   DISTRICTS. 

The  Board  in  its  preliminary  report  to  the  Legislature  made 
further  recommendations  relative  to  needed  extensions  of  the  Metro- 
politan sewers  in  both  the  North  and  South  Metropolitan  districts, 
as  follows  :  — 

The  Legislature,  by  chapter  230  of  the  Acts  of  the  year  1904,  called 
upon  the  Board  to  determine  the  location,  elevation  and  size  of  an  exten- 
sion of  the  Metropolitan  High-level  Sewer  into  certain  of  the  higher  dis- 
tricts of  Brookline,  Brighton  and  Newton.  The  scheme  for  a  High-level 
Sewer,  adopted  by  chapter  424  of  the  Acts  of  the  year  1899,  under  which 
the  present  High-level  Sewer  has  been  constructed,  contemplated  an  even- 
tual extension  of  the  sewer  to  these  districts.  The  annual  report  of  the 
Board  made  last  year  showed  the  location  and  the  proposed  elevation  and 
size  of  such  a  sewer,  determined  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the 
Act  of  1904,  and  also  contained  an  estimate  of  the  cost  of  construction  of 
the  various  portions  of  the  work.  It  was  then  declared  that  the  time  was 
fast  approaching  when  the  volume  of  sewage  discharged  into  the  Charles 
River  valley  sewer,  which  provides  for  these  districts  as  well  as  for  the 
lower  territory,  will  have  reached  the  capacity  of  that  sewer,  and  that 
the  relief  contemplated  at  the  time  of  the  passage  of  the  High-level  Sewer 
Act  of  1899  would  soon  have  to  be  afforded.  A  full  report  upon  this 
matter  is  contained  in  the  report  of  last  year. 

Although  the  low  rainfall  of  the  past  year  tended  greatly  to  reduce  the 
overflow  of  all  sewers  receiving  rain  water  in  addition  to  the  sewage,  these 
overflows  occurred  principally  along  portions  of  the  Charles  River  sewer 
situated  in  Brookline  and  in  the  Brighton  and  Back  Bay  districts  of  the 
city  of  Boston.  Some  complaints  have  already  been  made  of  injurious 
effects  arising  from  these  overflows,  which  occurred  on  as  many  as  twelve 
to  eighteen  days  during  the  last  year.  The  Charles  River  in  the  region 


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affected  is  now  tidal,  but  when  the  Charles  River  Dam  is  either  temporarily 
or  permanently  built,  the  result  will  quickly  become  more  offensive  and 
injurious. 

If  the  necessary  legislation  for  authorizing  this  extension  should  be 
passed  by  the  present  Legislature,  the  preparation  of  detailed  plans  would 
undoubtedly  consume  the  remainder  of  the  year,  and  the  construction  of 
the  portion  which  it  is  now  contemplated  to  build  first  would  involve  two 
years  more ;  and  it  would  certainly  be  two  years  or  more  after  the  com- 
pletion of  the  extension  before  the  city  and  town  would  fairly  avail  them- 
selves of  the  relief  offered  by  the  new  sewer. 

The  High-level  Sewer  Act  of  the  year  1899  provides  that  cities  and 
towns  shall  connect  their  local  sewers  with  the  High-level  Sewer ;  and  fur- 
ther provides  that  the  sewerage  systems  of  all  drainage  areas  not  now 
drained  by  the  South  Metropolitan  System  which  are  constructed  after  the 
passage  of  the  act  shall  be  constructed  in  accordance  with  the  so-called  sep- 
arate system  of  sewerage.  The  Act  passed  in  the  year  1903  made  provi- 
sion for  the  construction  by  cities  and  towns  of  drains  for  surface  or  storm 
water  separate  from  the  sewers  built  for  the  disposal  of  sewage  proper. 

Although  the  plan  of  separate  sewers  to  empty  into  the  Metropolitan 
System,  if  completed,  would  obviate  to  a  certain  extent  the  overflows  from 
the  present  sewer,  it  can  hardly  be  expected  that  the  municipalities  will 
complete  or  even  begin  the  construction  of  their  separate  systems  in  the 
regions  affected  before  any  provision  is  made  for  the  building  of  the  main 
sewer  which  the  separate  system  is  to  enter. 

The  Board  is  of  the  belief,  both  on  sanitary  grounds  and  for  providing 
the  necessary  entrance  for  the  separate  local  systems,  that  the  time  has  now 
arrived  when  the  construction  of  a  portion  of  this  extension  should  be 
undertaken.  The  estimated  cost  of  the  entire  extension,  as  given  by  the 
Engineer  of  the  Sewerage  Works  in  the  report  of  last  year,  is  $1,889,906  ; 
and  the  cost  of  that  portion  in  West  Roxbury,  Brookline  and  Brighton 
which  would  first  be  required  was  estimated  at  $1,168,928.  The  Board 
therefore  recommends  that  the  Legislature  authorize  the  construction  of 
this  extension,  and  the  issue  of  bonds  to  the  proper  amount  which  may  be 
required  for  its  construction. 

A  comparatively  small  amount  of  construction  to  be  begun  during  the 
present  year  is  needed  for  the  North  Metropolitan  System.  When  the 
town  of  Wakefield  was  added  to  this  system,  a  new  trunk  line  was  built 
from,  the  boundary  between  that  town  and  the  city  of  Melrose  to  a  point 
in  the  centre  of  the  city  of  Maiden  near  what  is  known  as  Barrett's  Pond. 
From  this  location  the  original  Metropolitan  Sewer  was  estimated  to  have 
a  carrying  capacity  sufficient  for  both  the  original  line  and  the  new  line  for 
a  period  of  five  years.  The  construction  of  this  new  sewer  was  completed 


No.  57.]  AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD.  81 

in  the  year  1901.  The  time  has  now  come  when  the  portion  of  the  original 
Metropolitan  Sewer  below  Barrett's  Pond  is  inadequate  to  carry  the  contents 
of  the  two  sewers,  and  work  should  be  at  once  undertaken  to  extend  the 
Wakefield  sewer  to  the  tidal  meadows  on  the  southerly  borders  of  the  city 
of  Maiden,  where  an  efficient  overflow  into  the  waters  of  the  Maiden  River 
can  be  found. 

It  is  estimated  that  the  necessary  construction  will  cost  $55,000;  and 
the  Board  recommends  that  authority  be  given  for  the  issuing  of  bonds  for 
the  North  Metropolitan  System  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  out  this  work. 


XIV.     FUTURE   WORK. 

The  Wachusett  Dam  and  the  Wachusett  Reservoir,  which  form 
the  most  important  features  of  the  scheme  adopted  by  the  passage 
of  the  Metropolitan  Water  Act  for  an  additional  supply  of  water  for 
the  Metropolitan  District,  will  be  completed  and  will  be  ready  for 
the  service  for  which  they  have  been  built  in  the  current  year. 
Owing  to  the  unusually  low  yield  of  the  watershed,  the  reservoir 
has  not  been  filled  to  the  extent  anticipated,  although  sufficiently  to 
meet  all  the  purposes  of  the  District.  About  two  years  of  normal 
rainfall  will  probably  cause  the  reservoir  to  be  substantially  filled. 

There  remain  to  be  performed  some  work  necessary  for  the 
entire  completion  of  the  Dam  and  Reservoir  and  some  other  smaller 
undertakings  now  in  process  of  completion.  Final  settlement  is  to 
be  effected  in  the  dam  and  later  reservoir  contracts.  There  are  out- 
standing claims  and  suits  for  various  damages  remaining  to  be  dis- 
posed of.  Owing  to  the  termination  of  the  period  within  which 
claims  could  be  instituted,  many  additional  suits  have  been  brought 
in  the  past  year  for  damage  to  property  on  account  of  the  operations 
of  the  Board  in  various  localities,  and  for  damage  for  depreciation  of 
value,  especially  of  property  in  Boylston,  under  the  recent  act  giv- 
ing the  owners  the  right  to  prosecute. 

Considerable  further  work  is  required  upon  the  pumping  stations. 
It  is  also  desirable  that  further  attention  should  be  given  to  the 
drainage  of  swamps,  both  in  the  Wachusett  and  Sudbury  water- 
sheds, and  to  the  construction  of  filter-beds  and  other  works  for  the 
prevention  of  pollution . 

There  will  be  required  from  time  to  time,  accordingly  as  there  is 
greater  or  less  consumption  of  water,  the  laying  of  new  main  pipe 
lines  and  the  providing  of  new  pumping  facilities,  and,  as  demand 


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may  be  made,  for  water  supply  connections  with  other  municipalities 
in  the  District  not  yet  furnished  with  a  water  supply.  The  proposed 
improvement  of  Spot  Pond  Brook,  called  for  by  the  Legislature  of 
the  year  1904,  is  still  dependent  upon  action  under  the  petition 
already  filed  for  the  appointment  of  a  commission. 

The  Board  believes,  from  careful  computations  which  have  been  made  by 
its  engineers,  that  the  cost  of  the  works  upon  which  estimates  were  origi- 
nally made  by  the  State  Board  of  Health  have  not  been  exceeded  in  actual 
construction.  This  result  is  reached  after  adding  to  the  total  sum  already 
expended  on  the  construction  of  the  works  recommended  by  that  Board,  its 
estimate  of  the  cost  of  the  works  not  yet  undertaken,  as  well  as  of  the  cost 
of  the  works  which  have  been  omitted  as  not  necessary  under  the  matured 
plans  of  construction.  On  the  other  hand,  many  of  the  works  constructed 
have  been  built  with  greatly  increased  capacities,  involving  largely  increased 
expenditures,  but  for  which  no  allowances  have  been  made. 

The  total  sum,  as  the  estimated  cost  of  the  Metropolitan  Water  Works 
originally  given  by  the  State  Board  of  Health,  has  so  far  only  been  exceeded 
on  account  of  the  additional  works  and  requirements  called  for  by  the  Legis- 
lature of  1895  in  enacting  the  Metropolitan  Water  Act,  and  by  succeeding 
Legislatures  imposing  additional  requirements,  and  notwithstanding  the  fact 
that  the  cost  of  labor  and  materials  has  considerably  increased  during  the 
latter  part  of  the  period  of  construction.  It  is  probable,  however,  that,  as 
the  works  included  in  the  original  estimates  which  remain  still  to  be  under- 
taken involve  chiefly  expenditures  for  labor  and  materials,  the  cost  of  these 
works,  though  comparatively  small  in  amount,  will  be  somewhat  in  excess 
of  the  estimates,  if  the  present  higher  prices  of  labor  and  materials  continue 
to  prevail. 

There  is  urgent  need  of  the  extension  to  tide  water  of  the  trunk 
sewer  which  was  originally  built  from  the  boundary  line  between 
the  town  of  Wakefield  and  the  city  of  Melrose  to  the  centre  of  the 
city  of  Maiden.  The  Board  also  believes  that  the  time  has  come  to 
begin  the  extension  of  the  High-level  Sewer  into  the  higher  districts 
of  Brookline,  Brighton  and  Newton,  fearing  that  further  delay  may 
in  the  future  endanger  the  public  health  of  communities  along  the 
line  of  the  lower  Charles  River  valley  sewer.  The  entering  upon 
new  work  of  construction  is  dependent  upon  authorization  by  the 
Legislature. 

The  Board  is  charged,  in  addition  to  the  duty  of  construction, 
with  the  maintenance  and  operation  of  all  the  various  works  for  the 


No.  57.]  AND    SEWERAGE   BOARD.  83 

supply  of  water  to  the  Metropolitan  Water  District  and  for  the  dis- 
posal of  the  sewage  of  the  Metropolitan  Sewerage  District. 

The  report  of  the  Chief  Engineer,  relating  to  the  Water  Works, 
and  the  report  of  the  Engineer  of  the  Sewerage  Works,  with  various 
tables  and  statistics,  are  herewith  presented. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

HENRY  H.  SPRAGUE. 
HENRY  P.  WALCOTT. 
JAMES  A.  BAILEY,  JR. 

BOSTON,  February  26,  1906. 


84  METROPOLITAN   WATER  [Pub.  Doc. 


REPORT  OF  THE  CHIEF  ENGINEER. 


To  the  Metropolitan  Water  and  Sewerage  Board. 

GENTLEMEN: — The  following  is  a  report  of  the  operations  of 
the  Engineering  Department  of  the  Metropolitan  Water  Works  for 
the  year  ending  December  31,  1905. 

ORGANIZATION. 

The  list  of  assistants  reporting  directly  to  the  Chief  Engineer  at 
the  end  of  the  year  is  as  follows  :  — 

DEXTER  BRACKETT,        .  Engineer  of  Sudbury  and  Distribution  Departments. 
THOMAS  F.  RICHARDSON,  Engineer  of  Dam  and  Reservoir  Department. 
WILLIAM  W.  LOCKE,      .  Sanitary  Inspector. 

BENJAMIN  F.  HANCOX,  .  Assistant  in  Charge  of  Drafting  Department. 
SAMUEL  E.  KILLAM,       .  Office  Assistant. 

Frank  T.  Daniels,  who  has  been  Principal  Office  Assistant,  re- 
signed on  December  23  to  accept  a  similar  position  with  the  Sewer- 
age Commission  of  the  city  of  Baltimore.  The  work  which  he  has 
done  has  been  placed  in  charge  of  Benjamin  F.  Hancox. 

Joseph  P.  Davis  and  Hiram  F.  Mills  have  continued  as  consult- 
ing engineers. 

Dexter  Brackett,  Engineer  of  the  Sudbury  and  Distribution  De- 
partments, has  charge  of  work  in  connection  with  the  construction 
and  maintenance  of  the  reservoirs  on  the  Sudbury  and  Cochituate 
supplies,  the  Weston,  Sudbury  and  Cochituate  aqueducts,  and  the 
pumping  stations,  reservoirs  and  pipe  lines  within  the  Metropolitan 
District.  His  principal  assistants  are  as  follows  :  — 

Charles  E.  Haberstroh,  .  Assistant  Superintendent  of  the  Sudbury  Department. 
George  E.  Wilde,   .        .  Assistant  Superintendent  of  the  Distribution  Department. 
John  W.  Lynch,      .        .  Engineer  of  Pumping  Stations. 
William  E.  Foss,    .        .  Division  Engineer. 
Caleb  M.  Saville,    .        .  Division  Engineer. 
Alfred  O.  Doane,    .        .  Division  Engineer. 


No.  57.]  AND   SEWERAGE  BOARD.  85 

Thomas  F.  Richardson,  Engineer  of  the  Dam  and  Reservoir  De- 
partment, has  charge  of  work  in  connection  with  the  construction 
and  maintenance  of  the  Wachusett  Dam,  Reservoir  and  Aqueduct, 
and  the  Clinton  sewage  disposal  works.  He  has  had  the  following 
principal  assistants  :  — 

Moses  J.  Look,  .  .  Division  Engineer,  in  charge  of  the  construction  work 
on  the  Wachusett  Reservoir  from  January  1  to  Septem- 
ber 30,  when  he  resigned. 

Alexander  E.  Kastl,  .  Division  Engineer,  in  charge  of  the  construction  work 
on  the  Wachusett  Reservoir  from  September  30. 

Frank  H.  Trow,  .  .  Division  Engineer,  in  charge  of  work  at  the  Wachusett 
Dam. 

Charles  A.  Bowman,  .  Division  Engineer,  in  charge  of  force  reports,  mainte- 
nance and  forestal  work  until  July  8,  when  he  resigned. 

Harry  J.  Morrison,  .  Division  Engineer,  in  charge  of  inspection  of  removal 
of  soil  until  March  7,  when  he  resigned. 

Ernest  H.  Baldwin,  .  Division  Engineer,  in  charge  of  work  at  Oakdale,  re- 
signed April  1. 

Elliott  R.  B.  Allardice,  .  Division  Engineer,  in  charge  of  the  river  and  aqueduct 
gagings,  and  supervision  of  the  maintenance  of  the 
Clinton  sewerage  plant ;  since  July  8  in  charge  of  for- 
estry and  the  maintenance  of  the  Wachusett  Reservoir. 

At  the  beginning  of  the  year  the  engineering  force,  including 
those  engaged  upon  both  the  construction  and  maintenance  of  the 
works,  numbered  105,  and  at  the  end  of  the  year  65. 

In  addition  to  the  engineering  force,  which  included  the  engineers 
engaged  upon  the  inspection  of  the  work,  other  inspectors  have  been 
employed  upon  masonry  and  earthwork.  The  maximum  number  so 
employed  at  any  time  during  the  year  was  5. 

There  has  also  been  a  maintenance  force,  exclusive  of  the  engineers 
mentioned  above,  averaging  208,  employed  in  the  operation  of  the 
several  pumping  stations  and  in  connection  with  the  maintenance  of 
the  reservoirs,  aqueducts,  pipe  lines  and  other  work. 

From  time  to  time  special  gangs  of  men  have  been  employed, 
under  the  immediate  direction  of  foremen  and  under  the  general 
direction  of  the  engineers,  in  grading  and  seeding  the  South  Dike, 
in  building  a  levee  across  the  outlet  of  the  Carvill  ice  pond,  in  grad- 
ing and  seeding  highway  slopes,  constructing  roadway  culverts,  con- 
structing drainage  ditches  below  the  South  Dike,  repairing  dams  at 
the  Canada  and  Union ville  mill  ponds  and  at  Day's  Mill  in  Holden, 
in  cleaning  weeds  from  the  bottom  of  the  Wachusett  Reservoir,  and 


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in  forestal  work.     The  force  thus  employed  has  averaged  43  through- 
out the  year,  the  maximum  number  for  any  week  being  74. 

The  office  of  the  Chief  Engineer  and  of  the  Engineer  of  the  Sud- 
bury  and  Distribution  Departments  is  at  No.  1  Ashburton  Place, 
and  that  of  the  Engineer  of  the  Dam  and  Reservoir  Department  at 
Clinton,  Mass.  The  office  of  the  Assistant  Superintendent  of  the 
Distribution  Department  is  at  Gleuwood,  in  Medford,  and  that  of 
the  Assistant  Superintendent  of  the  Sudbury  Department  at  South 
Framingham.  Branch  offices  for  the  engineering  force  were  main- 
tained at  Oakdale  and  West  Boylston  until  November  21,  and  at 
the  Wachusett  Dam  until  November  28,  when  they  were  closed. 

ARRANGEMENT  or  REPORT. 

In  continuing  this  report,  it  is  the  purpose  to  separate  the  work 
charged  to  the  construction  account  from  that  charged  to  the  main- 
tenance account ;  but,  as  the  work  of  construction  and  maintenance 
is  supervised  by  the  same  principal  engineers,  and  in  very  many 
cases  the  assistants  are  engaged  upon  both  classes  of  work,  it  is  not 
feasible  to  make  a  complete  separation. 

CONSTRUCTION. 

CONTRACTS. 

A  detailed  statement  of  the  contracts  made  and  pending  during 
the  year  is  given  in  Appendix  No.  1.  The  following  statement 
gives  a  summary  of  all  the  contracts  charged  to  construction  from 
the  beginning  of  the  work  to  the  end  of  the  year  1905  :  — 


PORTION  OF  WOBK. 

Number  of 
Contracts. 

Approximate 
Amount. 

Wachusett  Reservoir,  
Wachusett  Dam,   
Other  portions  of  work,        

Totals,    

37 

15 
246 

$3,043,752  12 
1,748,257  92 
10,318,846  13 

298 

$15,110,856  17 

Amount  of  11  contracts  made  in  1905  (approximate),       .        .         .  $88,25941 

Amount  of  5  contracts  unfinished  December  31, 1905  (approximate),  1,906,075  00 
Value  of  work  done  by  contract  from  January  1,  1905,  to  December 

31,  1905, 309,400  52 


No.  57.]  AJSD   SEWERAGE  BOARD.  87 

In  the  case  of  all  contracts  completed  up  to  the  present  time  final 
settlements  have  been  made  without  any  legal  controversy. 


DAM  AND  RESEKVOIR  DEPARTMENT. 

(The  statement  of  the  work  of  this  department  has  been  prepared  by  Thomas  F.  Richardson, 
Department  Engineer.) 

The  principal  work  of  this  department  has  been  the  construction 
of  the  Wachusett  Dam  and  the  South  Dike,  the  construction  of 
highways  in  the  vicinity  of  West  Boylston  and  Oakdale,  .and  the 
completion  of  the  removal  of  soil  from  the  Wachusett  Reservoir. 

WACHUSETT  DAM. 

The  design  of  the  Wachusett  Dam  and  the  contract  for  its  con- 
struction, which  was  made  with  the  McArthur  Brothers  Company 
on  October  1,  1900,  were  described  in  the  annual  report  of  January 
1,  1901.  The  plant  provided  for  the  work,  and  the  methods  of 
carrying  on  the  work,  both  at  the  quarry  and  at  the  dam,  were  fully 
described  in  the  annual  report  of  January  1,  1902.  There  has  been 
no  material  change  in  the  plant  or  in  the  methods. 

The  total  length  of  the  masonry  of  the  dam  is  1,476  feet,  made  up 
of  waste-weir,  452  feet ;  main  dam,  including  terminal  structures, 
971  feet;  and  corewall,  which  extends  beyond  the  terminal  struc- 
tures at  the  easterly  end,  53  feet.  The  length  of  the  main  dam 
between  terminal  structures  is  838  feet. 

Following  are  various  elevations  above  Boston  City  Base  :  — 

Elevation  of  edge  of  coping  at  top  of  dam,  . 415.0 

Elevation  of  flow  line  of  reservoir, 395.0 

Elevation  of  original  river  bed, 266.0 

Elevation  of  lowest  point  of  foundation  not  in  cut-off  trench,     .        .        .  206.7 

Elevation  of  lowest  point  in  cut-off  trench, 186.8 

Work  at  the  dam,  which  had  been  shut  down  during  the  winter, 
was  resumed  on  March  13.  Work  upon  the  masonry,  which  was 
suspended  on  account  of  cold  weather  on  November  28,  1904,  was 
resumed  on  March  27,  and  the  last  stone  in  the  cornice  of  the  dam 
was  set  on  June  24.  The  last  parapet  stone  in  the  abutment  and 
bastion  was  set  on  July  22.  This  practically  finished  the  masonry, 
with  the  exception  of  the  granolithic  surface  which  is  to  form  the 
finish  of  the  top  of  the  dam. 


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Main  Dam,  Gate-chambers  and  Terminal  Structures. 

When  work  upon  the  masonry  was  suspended,  in  1904,  the  main 
dam  had  an  average  elevation  of  396.  A  gap  about  20  feet  wide, 
through  which  passed  two  tracks  over  which  stone  was  brought  from 
the  quarry,  had  been  left  through  the  masonry,  the  bottom  of  this 
gap  being  at  elevation  369.  A  few  of  the  coping  stones  of  the  dam 
had  been  set  at  the  easterly  end  near  the  abutment.  A  large  part 
of  the  terminal  structure  at  the  easterly  end  of  the  dam,  known  as 
the  abutment,  had  been  built,  some  of  the  string  course  stones  at 
elevation  415.0  having  been  set.  The  corewall,  extending  easterly 
from  the  abutment,  had  been  finished. 

As  previously  stated,  masonry  construction  was  resumed  on 
March  27.  It  has  not  been  possible  or  necessary  to  work  as  large  a 
force  or  as  many  derricks  on  the  construction  of  the  masonry  as  in 
previous  years.  The  maximum  number  of  derricks  in  operation  on 
the  masonry  of  the  main  dam  and  terminal  structures  during  the 
year  has  been  six.  All  of  the  rubble  masonry  has  been  laid  with 
level  beds.  The  tracks  through  the  gap  in  the  dam  were  taken  up 
on  May  14. 

The  six  concrete  piers  for  supporting  the  floor  of  the  abutment 
have  been  extended.  The  floor,  which  is  re-enforced  with  %-inch 
steel  rods  spaced  about  71/2  inches  apart,  and  resting  on  re-enforced 
concrete  beams  which  are  carried  by  the  piers,  has  been  built.  The 
parapet  of  the  abutment  was  finished,  except  for  the  tablet  stones, 
during  the  week  ending  July  15.  The  tablet  stones  were  set  on 
September  16.  The  retaining  wall,  extending  about  200  feet  up 
stream  from  the  abutment,  was  finished  during  the  week  ending 
April  22. 

The  upper  gate-chamber,  the  elevation  of  the  floor  of  which  is  2 
feet  6  inches  above  the  flow-line  of  the  reservoir,  and  the  top  of 
which  coincides  with  the  top  of  the  dam,  has  been  completed.  The 
interior  of  the  gate-chamber  is  lined  with  face  brick  and  the  floor 
has  a  granolithic  finish.  The  steelwork  at  the  top  of  the  wells  and 
of  the  roof  has  been  put  in  place,  also  the  concrete  of  the  roof,  with 
the  exception  of  the  granolithic  finish.  An  electric  travelling  crane 
for  use  in  handling  stop-planks,  screens,  etc.,  has  been  partially 
installed. 

At  the  terminal  structure  at  the  westerly  end  of  the  dam,  known 
as  the  bastion,  the  interior  of  which  is  finished  with  concrete  masonry, 


No.  57.]  AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD.  89 

the  steelwork  and  concrete  of  the  roof  have  been  placed  and  the 
granolithic  floor  has  been  finished. 

The  stone  masonry  of  the  top  of  the  dam  has  been  levelled  up 
with  concrete  masonry  to  about  5  inches  below  the  finished  surface, 
preparatory  to  placing  the  granolithic  finish,  which  will  be  5  inches 
in  thickness. 

The  entire  down-stream  face  of  the  dam,  as  far  as  it  shows  above 
the  ground,  and  the  up-stream  face  for  25  feet  below  the  coping, 
have  been  cleaned  with  wire  brooms  and  chisels. 

Waste  Channel  and  Waste-weir. 

The  excavation  of  earth  and  rock  for  obtaining  a  suitable  founda- 
tion for  the  waste-weir  was  practically  finished  during  the  previous 
year,  but  it  has  been  necessary  to  excavate  a  small  amount  of  earth 
and  rock  in  preparing  the  foundations  for  the  small  abutment  at  the 
westerly  end  of  the  weir.  Considerable  filling  has  been  done  on 
the  reservoir  side  of  the  waste-weir,  in  preparing  a  foundation  for  the 
paving,  the  material  being  obtained  from  borrow  pits  in  the  reser- 
voir. About  the  middle  of  May  the  work  of  excavating  from  the 
waste  channel,  to  prepare  foundations  for  the  Central  Massachusetts 
Railroad  bridge,  was  begun,  the  excavated  material  being  placed 
in  the  railroad  embankment.  On  October  7  work  was  begun,  re- 
moving from  the  waste  channel  the  earth  and  rock  upon  which 
the  cableway  towers  had  rested,  this  material  also  being  used  for 
completing  the  railroad  fill.  On  October  23,  after  the  Central 
Massachusetts  trains  began  to  pass  over  the  permanent  line  of  the 
railroad,  work  was  resumed,  excavating  earth  and  rock  from  the 
waste  channel  on  the  location  of  the  temporary  line.  This  work 
was  continued  with  a  good-sized  force  until  the  end  of  the  year, 
when  there  remained  about  1,400  cubic  yards  of  earth  and  1,900 
cubic  yards  of  rock  to  be  removed. 

The  work  of  laying  masonry  on  the  waste-weir  was  resumed  on 
March  30  and  was  completed  on  May  6,  although  considerable  work 
was  done  pointing  and  trimming  up  the  crest  of  the  waste-weir  after 
that  date. 

It  was  found  necessary  to  recut  the  crest  of  the  waste-weir  for 
nearly  its  whole  length,  in  order  to  have  it  true  for  receiving  the 
flash-boards.  Heavy  cast-iron  standards  for  supporting  flash-boards 
have  been  set  about  10  feet  apart  for  the  whole  length  of  the  waste- 
weir.  The  gross  length  of  the  waste-weir  is  452  feet,  and  the  net 


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length,  after  making  deductions  for  the  space  occupied  by  the  stand- 
ards, is  about  419  feet.  The  standards  are  arranged  for  carrying 
flash-boards  3  feet  high,  except  for  100  feet  of  the  waste-weir,  where 
the  crest  is  3  feet  below  flow-line  and  the  flash-boards  are  6  feet 
high.  The  flash-boards  above  the  level  of  the  full  reservoir  are  pro- 
vided to  prevent  the  waste  of  water  from  waves  passing  over  the 
crest  of  the  waste- weir.  Each  of  the  flash-board  standards  is  secured 
to  the  top  of  the  waste-weir  by  10  bolts  1^  and  13/2  inches  in  diam- 
eter, and  also  by  a  rod  1%  inches  in  diameter  and  8  feet  long  for  the 
higher  part  of  the  waste-weir,  and  10  feet  long  for  the  lower  part. 
Each  rod  is  secured  to  a  heavy  cast-iron  anchor  built  into  the  masonry 
on  the  upper  face  of  the  weir,  the  rod  being  protected  from  corrosion 
by  a  coating  of  cement  mortar  about  1  inch  thick.  Fastened  to  the 
flash-board  standards  are  steel  trestles,  on  which  has  been  laid  a 
plank  walk  of  Georgia  pine  4  inches  in  thickness.  On  this  walk  also 
there  will  be  placed  a  track  for  a  small  car,  to  be  used  in  transporting 
the  flash-boards  from  the  crest  to  the  storage  room  in  the  bastion. 

Above  the  waste-weir,  for  its  whole  length,  is  a  paving  of  coursed 
granite,  usually  in  2-foot  courses,  and  having  a  depth  of  from  18  to 
24  inches.  This  paving  is  about  25  feet  wide,  and  is  laid  on  a  1  to  3 
slope.  Below  this  paving  is  a  paving  18  inches  thick,  of  uncoursed 
quarry  stone,  which  extends  to  the  original  surface  of  the  ground. 

The  retaining  wall,  extending  along  the  easterly  side  of  the  waste 
channel  from  the  bastion  to  the  railroad  bridge,  was  finished  on  June 
10,  and  the  small  retaining  walls  above  and  below  the  railroad  bridge 
were  finished  soon  after. 

Arch  Bridge  for  the  Central  Massachusetts  Railroad. 
This  bridge  was  not  included  in  the  original  contract  for  the  dam, 
but  has  been  built  by  the  contractor  for  the  dam  under  a  supple- 
mentary agreement.  This  bridge  crosses  the  waste  channel  about 
225  feet  below  the  waste-weir,  and  the  arch  across  the  waste  channel 
has  a  span  of  58  feet.  The  parapet  walls  of  the  bridge  are  about  170 
feet  long,  16  feet  9  inches  apart  from  outside  to  outside,  and  their 
tops  are  about  45  feet  above  the  bottom  of  the  waste  channel.  East 
of  and  close  by  the  main  span  is  an  arched  opening  10  feet  wide 
under  the  railroad,  through  which  passes  the  road  to  the  bastion. 
The  arches  of  both  spans  are  built  of  Portland  cement  concrete,  faced 
with  granite.  The  parapet  and  wing  walls  are  of  granite  masonry. 


No.  57.]  AND   SEWEEAGE  BOARD.  91 

Finishing  Grounds  Above  and  Below  the  Dam. 

A  large  amount  of  work  has  been  done  grading  the  grounds  below 
the  dam  on  both  hillsides,  and  above  the  dam  on  the  easterly  hillside. 
Large  quantities  of  waste  rock,  dumped  on  the  easterly  hillside  when 
the  Wachusett  Aqueduct  and  Central  Massachusetts  Railroad  tun- 
nels were  built,  have  been  removed  and  the  hillside  covered  with  soil 
to  a  depth  of  about  18  inches.  On  the  westerly  hillside  extensive 
grading  has  been  done  near  the  bastion,  and  the  grounds  have  also 
been  covered  with  18  inches  of  soil. 

About  5,000  cubic  yards  of  soil  for  finisteng  the  grounds  on 
the  westerly  hillside  have  been  obtained  from  pfe  reservoir  near  the 
South  Dike,  and  transported  across  the  vrmey  by  means  of  the 
cable  ways.  Part  of  this  soil  is  to  be  utfglu  for  covering  the  spoil 
banks  made  from  material  taken  from^j^temporary  line  of  the  rail- 
road, and  for  covering  the  slopes  of  tl^permanent  railroad  embank- 
ment. ^ 

Extensive  fillings  have  been  mjjpie  at  the  abutment  at  the  easterly 
end  of  the  dam,  to  make  a  suitajmfe  approach  to  the  dam  and  to  bring 
the  grounds  up  to  the  level  oNpBoylston  Street.  Gravel  paths  have 
also  been  constructed  and  foundations  placed  for  a  wide  granolithic 
walk  leading  from  Boylston  Street  to  the  dam. 

On  the  easterly  shore  of  the  reservoir,  above  the  dam,  riprap  iy2 
feet  in  thickness  has  been  placed  for  a  distance  of  500  feet,  between 
elevations  375  and  398.  Considerable  quantities  of  riprap  have 
also  been  placed  above  the  waste-weir  and  on  both  hillsides  for  a 
distance  of  about  50  feet  above  the  dam. 

For  draining  the  grounds  below  the  dam  12  and  15  inch  Akron 
pipes  have  been  laid,  connecting  with  which  are  3  manholes  and  12 
drainage  inlets.  To  care  for  the  water  which  falls  on  the  lower  face 
of  the  dam  a  paved  gutter  has  been  built  on  both  hillsides,  extend- 
ing from  the  abutment  and  bastion  to  the  lower  gate-chamber,  and 
connecting  with  the  pipe  drains. 

Extending  from  each  end  of  the  dam  to  the  bottom  of  the  valley 
are  flights  of  granite  steps.  On  the  easterly  hillside  there  are  187 
steps,  arranged  in  flights  of  5  to  12,  with  granolithic  platforms  of 
varying  lengths  between.  On  the  westerly  hillside  there  are  177 
steps.  The  steps  are  5  feet  long,  have  a  7-inch  rise  and  are  12 
inches  wide,  supported  at  the  ends  on  concrete  walls  14  inches  thick 


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and  about  4  feet  6  inches  deep.  The  steps  are  anchored  to  the 
foundations  by  %-inch  iron  bolts.  At  the  top  of  each  third  flight 
of  steps  there  is  a  drainage  inlet,  which  is  connected  with  the  pipes 
which  drain  the  grounds  below  the  dain. 

A  foundation  18  inches  in  depth  of  stone  from  the  tunnel  dumps 
has  been  placed  on  the  road  leading  along  the  easterly  side  of  the 
valley  to  the  limits  of  the  land  owned  by  the  Board,  and  this  road 
and  the  roads  for  which  foundations  were  built  during  the  previous 
year  have  been  surfaced  with  about  4  inches  of  screened  gravel.  A 
road  having  generally  a  rise  of  10  feet  in  100  has  been  built  from 
the  grounds  below  the  dam  to  the  bastion.  This  road  is  built  on  the 
steep  side  hill  on  the  westerly  side  of  the  valley,  and  is  constructed 
of  rock  excavated  from  the  waste  channel,  the  rock  in  the  slopes 
being  placed  largely  by  hand.  The  road  is  surfaced  with  about  6 
inches  of  screened  gravel.  Most  of  the  slopes  on  the  hillsides  have 
been  seeded. 

Amount  of  Work  done  and  Materials  used. 

The  following  table  gives  the  amount  of  work  done  to  the  end  of 
1901,  the  amount  of  work  done  during  1902,  1903,  1904  and  1905, 
and  the  total  amount  of  work  done  to  the  end  of  1905.  The  final 
estimate  for  the  dam  has  not  yet  been  prepared,  but  the  total  amount 
of  work  done  to  the  end  of  1905,  with  the  1,400  cubic  yards  of  earth 
and  the  1,900  cubic  yards  of  rock  remaining  to  be  removed  from  the 
waste  channel,  is,  approximately,  the  total  amount  of  work  at  the 
dam. 


To 

December 
31,  1901. 

In 
1902. 

In 
1903. 

1904. 

In 
1005. 

Total  to 
December 
31,  1905. 

Earth  excavation  (cubic  yards), 

43,000 

31,900 

68,800 

59,900 

55,000 

258,600 

Rock  excavation  (cubic  yards), 

24,370 

12,020 

18,800 

36,810 

7,350 

99,360 

Rubbles  tone  masonry  (cubic  yardg), 

28,486 

65,686 

69,139 

76,598 

12,012 

251,921 

Ashlar  masonry  (cubic  yards), 

65 

684 

2,015 

4,905 

1,147 

8,816 

Dimension  stone  masonry  (cubic  yards), 

- 

58 

417 

830 

1,370 

2,675 

Brick  masonry  (cubic  yards)  

- 

407 

231 

398 

- 

1,036 

Concrete  masonry  (cubic  yards), 

- 

5,284 

1,906 

914 

1,621 

9,726 

Slope  paving  (cubic  yards),       .... 

- 

- 

- 

370 

1,545 

1,915 

Iron  and  other  metal  work  (tons),    . 

- 

582 

71 

46 

166 

865 

Roadways  and  paths  (square  yards), 

- 

- 

- 

460 

7,660 

8,120 

Vitrified  pipe  for  drains  (linear  feet),      . 

- 

~i 

- 

674 

1,986 

2,660 

No.  57.] 


AND   SEWERAGE  BOARD. 


93 


There  have  been  used  in  the  construction  of  the  dam  since  the 
work  began  81,103  barrels  of  Portland  cement  and  182,480  barrels 
of  natural  cement.  All  of  the  natural  cement  has  been  of  the  Union 
brand  and  a  large  proportion  of  the  Portland  cement  of  the  Giant 
brand,  both  cements  being  manufactured  by  the  American  Cement 
Company  of  Egypt,  Pa. 

The  amount  of  cement  used  in  the  dam  per  cubic  yard  of  each 
class  of  rubble  masonry  from  the  beginning  of  the  work  has  been  as 
follows  :  — 


COMPOSITION  OP  MORTAR  BY  MEASURE. 

Barrels  of 
Cement  per 
Cubic  Yard. 

Cubic  Yards 
bnilt. 

art  sand 

1  43 

184 

0.99 

179,706 

1  part  Portland  cement  to  2  parts  sand  

1.07 
0.86 

31,884 
8,927 

1  part  Portland  cement  to  3  parts  sand,     

0.78 

27,954 

The  amount  of  cement  used  in  the  dam,  per  cubic  yard  of  each 
class  of  concrete  masonry,  has  been  as  follows  :  — 


COMPOSITION  OP  CONCRETE  BY  MEASURE. 

Barrels  of 
Cement  per 
Cubic  Yard. 

Cubic  Yards 
built. 

1  part  natural  cement,  2  parts  sand  and  5  parts  stone,    .... 

1.38 

964 

1  part  natural  cement,  3  parts  sand  and  6  parts  stone  

1.15 

18 

1  part  Portland  cement,  2>£  parts  sand  and  4%  parts  stone,  . 

1.36 

7,107 

1  part  Portland  cement,  3  parts  sand  and  6  parts  stone,  .... 

0.99 

1,464 

1  part  Portland  cement,  4  parts  sand  and  8  parts  stone  

0.70 

172 

Miscellaneous  Notes. 

When  the  work  was  started  early  in  the  spring  the  temperature 
at  night  was  frequently  below  freezing,  and  all  masonry  built  before 
April  12  was  laid  in  Portland  cement  mixed  in  the  proportion  of  3 
parts  of  sand  to  1  part  of  cement.  From  April  12  to  May  27  the 
rubble  masonry  was  laid  in  natural  cement  mortar  mixed  in  the  pro- 
portion of  2  parts  of  sand  to  1  part  of  cement.  After  this  date  the 
small  amount  of  rubble  masonry  remaining  was  laid  in  Portland 
cement  mortar  mixed  in  the  proportion  of  3  parts  of  sand  to  1  part 
of  cement. 


94  METROPOLITAN  WATER  [Pub.  Doc. 

The  largest  amount  of  rubble  masonry  laid  in  the  dam  during 
any  week  was  during  the  week  ending  April  29,  when  5  derricks 
were  in  operation  and  1,284  cubic  yards  of  rubble  masonry  were 
laid.  During  that  week  about  45  cubic  yards  of  ashlar  masonry 
were  also  laid.  The  average  amount  of  rubble  masonry  laid  per 
day  by  each  mason  has  been  14.1  cubic  yards,  and  by  each  derrick 
57.8  cubic  yards. 

The  stone  for  the  ashlar  and  dimension  stone  masonry  has  all 
been  obtained  from  the  quarry  of  H.  E.  Fletcher  &  Co.,  at  West 
Chelmsford,  Mass. 

The  maximum  force  employed  by  the  contractor  was  during  the 
week  ending  April  29,  when  368  men  and  43  horses  were  employed. 

Finish  of  Top  of  Dam  and  Terminal  Structures. 

Early  in  the  year  studies  were  made  for  different  designs  for  a 
stone  parapet  and  for  a  metal  fence  to  be  placed  on  the  top  of  the 
dam.  The  design  adopted  is  a  fence  with  round  posts  about  5 
inches  in  diameter,  with  bases  12^  inches  in  diameter,  spaced  9  feet 
9  inches  apart,  connected  by  two  rails  %y2  inches  in  diameter.  The 
2^-inch  brass  tubing  for  the  rails  of  the  fence  has  been  furnished 
by  the  American  Tube  Works,  and  the  brass  posts  and  anchor  bolts 
are  being  furnished  by  J.  H.  McCafferty  &  Co.  of  Boston. 

The  work  remaining  to  be  done  on  the  dam  is  the  erection  of  the 
fence  on  the  top  of  the  dam,  the  erection  of  gates  at  the  easterly  end 
and  of  a  fence  around  the  platform  at  the  bastion,  and  the  construction 
of  the  granolithic  surface  on  the  top  of  the  dam,  including  the  abut- 
ment and  bastion. 

NORTH  DIKE. 

The  construction  of  the  North  Dike  was  completed  in  1904.  A 
day-labor  force  was  employed  for  several  weeks  in  the  spring,  trim- 
ming up  and  seeding  the  westerly  half  of  the  dike,  the  maximum  force 
employed  being  14  men  and  4  horses,  for  the  week  ending  May  13. 

For  the  purpose  of  obtaining  the  elevation  of  the  ground  water  in 
different  parts  of  the  dike  during  the  time  that  the  Wachusett  Reser- 
voir is  being  filled,  15  wells  2  inches  in  diameter  have  been  driven 
at  different  points  on  the  dike.  The  deepest  well  has  a  depth  of  90 
feet,  and  the  average  depth  of  the  wells  is  52  feet.  Observations 
have  been  taken  of  the  elevation  of  the  water  in  these  wells,  and  will 
be  continued  as  the  water  rises  in  the  reservoir. 


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SOUTH   DIKE. 

The  South  Dike  was  largely  finished  during  1904,  the  earthwork 
being  completed  except  for  filling  the  gap  through  which  passed  the 
quarry  railroad  used  in  the  construction  of  the  Wachusett  Dam. 

Opposite  a  portion  of  the  dike  the  reservoir  is  2  miles  wide,  and 
the  face  of  the  dike  will  be  exposed  to  the  action  of  very  heavy 
waves. 

On  May  4,  1905,  a  contract  was  made  with  the  McArthur  Brothers 
Company,  contractor  for  the  Wachusett  Dam,  to  place  the  two  grades 
of  heavier  riprap  on  the  water  face  of  the  dike.  This  was  placed  in 
two  layers,  having  an  aggregate  horizontal  thickness  of  17.5  feet 
4  feet  below  the  flow-line  of  the  reservoir,  and  a  slope  on  the  water 
face  of  1%  horizontal  to  1  vertical.  The  inner  layer  of  this  riprap 
consisted  of  stones  containing  2  cubic  feet  or  less,  and  the  outer 
layer  of  stones  of  more  than  2  cubic  feet,  the  outer  or  exposed  part 
of  this  last  layer  consisting  of  stones  weighing  a  ton  or  more.  The 
stone  was  obtained  from  the  waste  piles  of  the  quarry  from  which 
the  rubble  stone  for  the  Wachusett  Dam  was  quarried,  and  was  hauled 
to  the  dike  on  cars  and  placed  with  derricks. 

The  same  contractor  also  constructed  a  breakwater  across  the  out- 
let of  the  basin,  formerly  the  Carvill  ice  pond,  to  protect  a  levee 
which  was  built  by  day  labor. 

Work  under  this  contract  was  begun  on  April  29  and  finished  on 
September  30,  the  maximum  force  being  32  men,  for  the  week  end- 
ing July  8.  Under  this  contract  there  were  placed  11,991  cubic 
yards  of  riprap,  at  a  cost  of  $15,385.24. 

Arrangements  were  made  with  the  contractor  for  the  dam  to  fill 
the  gap  in  the  dike  through  which  the  quarry  railroad  passed  with 
material  which  he  was  required  to  remove  from  the  embankments  of 
his  quarry  railroad.  This  work  was  in  progress  for  about  three 
weeks,  with  a  force  of  35  men  and  15  horses.  About  1,000  cubic 
yards  of  material  still  remain  to  be  placed  to  fill  the  gap. 

Considerable  work  has  been  done  with  a  day-labor  force  at  the 
South  Dike,  grading  and  seeding  where  the  tracks  over  which  the 
riprap  was  hauled  to  the  dike  were  laid,  building  a  levee  across 
the  outlet  of  the  basin,  which  was  formerly  the  Carvill  ice  pond,  and 
doing  other  work  in  connection  with  the  completion  of  the  reservoir. 
The  levee,  which  is  of  soil  re-enforced  with  gravel  and  protected  by 


96  METROPOLITAN  WATER  [Pub.  Doc. 

riprap,  has  been  built  so  that  the  water  will  be  held  in  the  basin 
when  the  water  in  the  reservoir  is  more  than  7  feet  below  high  water. 
The  area  of  the  water  surface  above  the  levee  is  lO1/^  acres,  and  the 
water  will  be  about  iy2  feet  deep.  An  iron  pipe  24  inches  in  diam- 
eter, controlled  by  stop-planks  in  a  concrete  manhole,  has  been 
provided,  by  means  of  which  the  water  in  the  ice  pond  can  be  drawn 
off  if  desired.  This  work  was  in  progress  from  September  21  to 
November  16.  The  maximum  force  employed  was  28  men  and  4 
horses,  for  the  week  ending  October  7. 

RELOCATION  AND  CONSTRUCTION  or  ROADS. 

The  work  of  constructing  and  improving  highways  has  been 
largely  finished  in  previous  years.  During  the  past  year  a  highway 
has  been  constructed  along  the  southwesterly  side  of  the  reservoir, 
connecting  WestBoylston  with  Oakdale,  the  work  consisting  in  part 
of  improving  an  existing  highway  and  in  part  of  building  a  new 
highway.  A  broken-stone  surface  has  been  placed  on  2%  miles  of 
highways  in  the  villages  of  West  Boylston  and  Oakdale,  also  on  a 
short  piece  of  Boylston  Street  where  it  crossed  the  old  location  of 
the  Central  Massachusetts  Railroad  in  Boylston.  The  grading  of 
Holden  Street,  at  Oakdale,  has  also  been  finished  and  the  highway 
has  been  surfaced  with  gravel.  All  of  the  above  work  has  been 
done  by  contract. 

In  addition  to  the  work  done  by  the  contractors,  a  large  amount 
of  work  has  been  done  on  highways  by  the  day-labor  forces,  which 
included  the  grading  and  seeding  of  highway  slopes,  erecting  and 
painting  highway  railings  and  fences  in  West  Boylston  and  Oakdale, 
extending  stone  culverts,  widening  a  high  embankment  on  Worcester 
Street  in  West  Boylston,  constructing  a  concrete  highway  culvert 
and  six  pipe  highway  culverts  between  West  Boylston  and  Oakdale, 
and  paving  gutters.  The  maximum  day-labor  force  employed  was 
43  men  and  13  horses,  for  the  week  ending  June  10. 

Contract  282,  The  Newell  &  Snowling  Construction  Company. 

Building  a  Part  of  Newton  Street  and  improving  Crescent  Street,  in  West  Boylston ; 
Dale  of  Contract,  April  21, 1905  ;  Amount  of  Contract,  $4,812.25. 

The  contract  for  this  work,  which  included  the  building  of  a 
road  extending  about  2,930  feet  from  a  point  near  the  southerly 
limit  of  the  shallow  flowage  embankment  of  soil  near  Oakdale  to  an 


No.  57.]  AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD.  97 

intersection  with  Crescent  Street,  and  the  improvement  of  Crescent 
Street  from  this  intersection  for  about  2,110  feet  to  Central  Street 
in  West  Boylston,  was  made  with  McBride  &  Co.,  on  April  21. 
On  April  26  McBride  &  Co.,  with  the  consent  of  the  Board,  assigned 
the  contract  to  the  Newell  &  Snowling  Construction  Company. 
Work  was  begun  on  April  29  and  finished  on  June  9,  and  consisted 
of  grading  for  the  road-bed,  surfacing  same  with  a  layer  of  selected 
gravel  and  laying  pipe  underdrains.  The  culverts  were  built  by  a 
day-labor  force  employed  by  the  Board.  The  quantities  of  work 
done  were  as  follows  :  — 

Earth  excavation  (cubic  yards), 20,914 

Paving  (cubic  yards), 4 

Laying  5-inch  sewer  pipe  for  drains  (linear  feet), 2,266 

The  maximum  force  employed  was  55  men  and  25  horses,  for  the 
week  ending  May  27. 

Contracts  285  and  286,  The  H.  Gore  Company. 

Surfacing  Sections  1  and  2  of  Highways,  chiefly  in  West  Boylston,  with  Broken 
Stone;  Date  of  Contracts,  May  23,  1905;  Amount  of  Contracts,  — 285, 
$7,856.09;  286,  $9,790.48. 

Sections  1  and  2  are,  respectively,  6,487  and  8,110  feet  in  length. 
The  contracts  called  for  surfacing  with  broken  stone  the  highway 
beginning  at  the  southerly  end  of  the  three-arch  bridge  over  the 
Quinepoxet  River,  extending  through  the  village  of  Oakdale  and  fol- 
lowing along  the  northerly  side  of  the  reservoir  to  the  junction  of 
Sterling  and  Lancaster  streets,  and  the  new  highway  crossing  the 
Wachusett  Reservoir  at  West  Boylston  village  and  extending  from 
the  west  side  of  Worcester  Street  on  the  southerly  side  of  the  reser- 
voir to  a  junction  with  the  highway  first  mentioned.  Included  in 
Section  2  was  also  a  portion  of  Boylston  Street  in  the  town  of 
Boylston,  about  325  feet  in  length,  located  near  the  South  Dike,  at 
a  point  where  the  Central  Massachusetts  Railroad  formerly  passed 
under  the  street. 

Work  on  Section  1  was  begun  on  June  2  and  finished  on  Novem- 
ber 9.  The  maximum  force  employed  was  27  men  and  16  horses, 
for  the  week  ending  July  29. 

Work  on  Section  2  was  begun  on  July  28  and  finished  on  Novem- 
ber 4,  except  that  a  small  amount  of  work  still  remains  to  be  done 


98  METROPOLITAN  WATER  [Pub.  Doc. 

on  Boylston  Street.     The  maximum  force  employed  was  29  men  and 
23  horses,  for  the  week  ending  August  19. 

The  quantities  of  work  done  were  as  follows  :  — 

Section  1.       Section  2. 

Shaping  road-bed  (linear  feet),       .        .    '  •.,        .        .        .         6,511  8,386 

Broken  stone  in  place  (tons  2,000  pounds),     .     •    .        .        .         4,297  5,403 

REMOVAL  OF  SOIL. 

The  work  of  removing  soil  from  the  Wachusett  Reservoir  has 
been  in  progress  under  the  contractors  Bruno,  Salomone  &  Petitti, 
and  McBride  &  Co.,  and  was  entirely  finished  early  in  November. 

The  total  amount  of  soil  removed  from  the  reservoir  is  6,912,052 
cubic  yards,  from  3,941  acres,  of  which  151,647  cubic  yards  were 
removed  from  84  acres  during  1905.  The  soil  removed  from  the 
reservoir  has  been  disposed  of  as  follows  :  — 

Cubic  Yards. 

In  road  embankments 471,221 

Filling  shallow  flowage  areas, 1,149,917 

In  railroad  embankments,         . 131,781 

In  the  North  Dike,    .        . 4,955,936 

In  the  South  Dike ,        ...        .        .  160,895 

Placed  in  spoil  banks .':     .        .        .  17,367 

Grading  grounds  near  Wachusett  Dam, .  24,935 


Total .        .    6,912,052 

During  the  year  4,720  cubic  yards  of  earth  have  been  deposited 
upon  deep  muck,  which  has  been  covered  to  a  depth  of  about  1  foot. 
In  previous  years  238,846  cubic  yards  were  used  for  the  same  pur- 
pose, making  a  total  of  243,566  cubic  yards. 

The  day-labor  forces,  under  the  direction  of  the  engineering  force, 
have  performed  the  following  work  :  — 

The  final  cleaning  of  the  reservoir  bottom,  between  elevation  340 
and  elevation  380,  of  weeds,  grass  and  bushes  which  had  grown  up 
since  the  original  stripping  of  the  soil  or  since  the  cleaning  of  the 
previous  year,  was  done  between  August  20  and  November  18. 
There  were  1,460  acres  of  land  cleaned,  at  a  cost  of  $6,210,  or  an 
average  cost  of  $4.25  per  acre.  Over  a  considerable  area  where 
the  slopes  were  not  sharp  and  where  the  ground  was  not  rocky,  the 
ground  was  harrowed  with  spring-tooth  harrows,  the  grass,  roots 
and  brush  being  afterwards  raked  and  burned.  On  other  areas  the 
grass,  weeds  and  brush  were  mowed  close  to  the  ground,  raked  and 


No.  57.]  AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD.  99 

burned.  Much  better  results  were  obtained  with  the  harrows,  but 
at  a  considerably  greater  cost.  The  maximum  force  employed  on 
this  work  was  70  men  and  10  horses,  on  September  20. 

On  both  sides  of  the  reservoir,  near  Sawyer's  Mills,  and  on  the 
southerly  side  of  the  reservoir,  near  Dover  Pond,  additional  soil  has 
been  removed  from  the  margins,  the  erosion  of  the  water  having 
caused  the  steep  banks  at  these  points  to  cave  nearly  to  the  limit  of 
the  original  soil  stripping. 

Considerable  areas  of  the  bottom  of  the  reservoir  near  the  upper 
end  have  been  graded  to  secure  proper  drainage.  Boulders  have 
been  removed  from  the  Quinepoxet  channel  and  placed  along  the 
edge  and  slopes  of  the  channel.  Levees  and  embankments  have  been 
seeded  along  the  Stillwater  River,  and  much  other  miscellaneous 
work  has  been  done. 

Contract  237,  Bruno,  Salomone  &  Petitti. 
Section  10  of  the  Wachusett  Reservoir,  in  Boylston  and  West  Boylston. 

On  December  27,  1902,  a  contract  was  made  with  Bruno,  Salo- 
mone &  Petitti  for  the  construction  of  what  is  known  as  Section  10 
of  the  Wachusett  Reservoir.  This  contract  called  for  clearing, 
grubbing  and  excavating  soil  from  some  700  acres  toward  the  upper 
end  of  the  reservoir,  and  at  the  beginning  of  1905  the  only  other  soil 
stripping  necessary  to  complete  the  reservoir  was  that  on  a  small 
area  along  the  Stillwater  River  and  on  a  comparatively  small  area 
near  the  South  Dike,  the  soil  from  which  was  reserved  for  use  at  the 
Wachusett  Dam.  In  addition,  this  contract  provided  for  the  con- 
struction of  a  new  channel,  chiefly  in  rock,  for  the  Nashua  River, 
at  the  highway  crossing  the  reservoir  at  West  Boylston;  for  the 
excavation  of  earth  and  gravel  from  shallow  portions  of  the  reservoir 
at  Oakdale ;  for  enlarging  the  channel  of  the  Quinepoxet  River 
west  of  the  Worcester,  Nashua  &  Portland  Division  of  the  Boston  & 
Maine  Railroad  at  Oakdale ;  for  building  a  concrete  dam  across  the 
river  at  the  upper  end  of  this  channel ;  for  paving  the  slopes  of  rail- 
road and  highway  embankments ;  and  for  covering  with  earth  deep 
deposits  of  muck  not  desirable  to  remove. 

During  1905  all  soil  and  other  material  has  been  loaded  into  carts 
and  hauled  directly  to  the  place  of  disposal,  the  contractor  finding  it 
more  economical  to  do  the  work  by  this  method  than  by  the  use  of 
cars. 


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METROPOLITAN   WATER 


[Pub.  Doc. 


The  total  amount  of  soil  removed  under  this  contract  was  1,273,- 
620  cubic  yards,  of  which  269,366  cubic  yards  were  used  in  highway 
embankments,  986,887  cubic  yards  in  shallow  flowage  embankments 
atOakdale,  and  17,367  cubic  yards  were  placed  in  spoil  banks. 

The  contractor  resumed" the  excavation  of  soil  on  April  3,  and  this 
part  of  the  work  was  practically  completed  on  September  2,  the  soil 
having  been  placed  largely  in  shallow  flowage  embankments.  Con- 
siderable soil  was  also  used  in  dressing  the  margins  of  the  reservoir 
near  the  Worcester  Street  crossing. 

The  principal  work  under  this  contract  during  the  year  has  been 
the  enlargement  of  the  Quinepoxet  River  channel  and  the  building 
of  the  concrete  dam  at  the  upper  end  of  the  same.  The  material 
encountered  in  the  channel  excavation,  much  of  which  was  hardpan 
with  numerous  large  boulders,  has  been  used  mainly  for  facing  the 
shallow  flowage  embankments.  Some  of  the  material  has  also  been 
used  for  building  a  berm  along  the  Central  Massachusetts  Railroad 
above  Oakdale  and  for  surfacing  Holden  Street.  The  concrete 
masonry  of  the  dam  was  finished  on  September  22  and  the  slope 
paving  above  and  below  the  dam  on  October  14.  Water  was  turned 
over  the  dam  on  the  latter  date.  The  slope  paving  at  the  Worcester 
Street  embankment  in  West  Boylston  and  along  the  Worcester, 
Nashua  &  Portland  Division  has  been  completed. 

A  considerable  portion  of  the  bottom  of  the  reservoir  near  the  up- 
per end  has  been  graded  to  secure  proper  drainage ;  the  margins  of 
the  reservoir  near  the  Worcester  Street  crossing  have  been  graded, 
and  numerous  cellar  holes  have  been  filled  and  covered  with  soil. 

Work  under  this  contract  was  completed  on  November  11,  ex- 
cepting the  removal  of  a  few  small  buildings  and  of  the  contractor's 
plant. 

The  quantities  of  work  done  were  as  follows  :  — 


To  December 
31,  1904. 

iFor  the  Year 
1905. 

Total. 

,54 

26 

179 

Soil  excavation  (cubic  yards),  
Earth  excavation  (cubic  yards),  

1,193,208 
90,849 
16,943 

80,412 
80,666 
260 

1,273,620 
171,515 
17,203 

Slope  paving  (cubic  yards)  

18,992 

3,193 
812 

22,185 
812 

No.  57.]  AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD.  101 

The  maximum  force  employed  during  the  year  has  been  193  men 
and  69  horses,  for  the  week  ending  May  20. 

Contract  283,  McBride  &  Go. 

Stillwater  River  Improvement,  in  West  Boylston  and  Sterling ;  Date  of  Contract, 
May  15, 1905 ;  Amount  of  Contract,  $28,181.69. 

The  contract  called  for  the  improvement  of  that  part  of  the  reser- 
voir along  the  Stillwater  River,  mostly  above  the  Worcester,  Nashua 
&  Portland  Division  of  the  Boston  &  Maine  Railroad.  The  work 
consisted  mainly  of  clearing,  grubbing  and  excavating  soil  from 
about  30  acres  of  the  Wachusett  Reservoir ;  also  of  deepening  and 
draining  shallow  portions  of  the  reservoir ;  of  changing  and  enlarging 
the  channel  of  the  Stillwater  River ;  of  excavating  additional  material 
and  gravel  for  the  protection  of  slopes  which  will  be  exposed  to  the 
action  of  water ;  of  building  berms  along  the  railroad  and  along  the 
highway  where  it  is  close  to  the  edge  of  the  reservoir ;  and  of  paving 
the  slopes  of  portions  of  railroad  embankments  and  elsewhere  where 
necessary. 

The  material  removed  has  been  transported  to  the  place  of  disposal 
entirely  by  the  use  of  carts. 

The  quantities  of  work  done  were  as  follows  :  — 

Clearing  and  grubbing  (acres), 19 

Earth  excavation  (cubic  yards), 120,491 

Paving  (cubic  yards), 768 

Work  under  the  contract  was  begun  on  May  24  and  finished  on 
November  11.  The  maximum  force  employed  was  186  men  and  60 
horses,  for  the  week  ending  June  17. 

RELOCATION  OF  RAILROADS. 

The  principal  part  of  the  contract  work  upon  the  relocation  of  rail- 
roads was  completed  in  1903.  As  noted  in  previous  reports,  it  was 
necessary  to  build  a  temporary  location  for  the  Central  Massachusetts 
Railroad  —  a  portion  of  the  Boston  &  Maine  Railroad  —  near  the 
westerly  end  of  the  Wachusett  Dam,  in  order  not  to  interfere  with 
the  use  of  the  travelling  cableways  which  delivered  materials  for  use 
in  the  masonry  of  the  dam.  Early  in  July  it  became  feasible  to  limit 
the  movement  of  the  cableways  sufficiently  to  permit  the  construe- 


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tion  of  the  arch  bridge  over  the  waste  channel.  The  grading  of  the 
permanent  line  of  the  railroad  was  finished  about  the  middle  of  Sep- 
tember, and  shortly  afterward  employes  of  the  Boston  &  Maine 
Railroad  laid  the  track  on  the  permanent  location.  The  first  train 
passed  over  this  track  on  October  22. 

Some  paving  has  been  placed  along  the  Worcester,  Nashua  & 
Portland  Division  of  the  Boston  &  Maine  Railroad ;  and  the  under- 
grade crossing  near  Oakdale,  through  which  the  contractor  for  Section 
10  of  the  reservoir  hauled  soil,  has  been  filled.  Additional  gravel 
has  also  been  placed  in  the  berms  along  the  Worcester,  Nashua  & 
Portland  Division  and  the  Central  Massachusetts  Railroad  near 
Oakdale. 

The  only  day-labor  work  in  connection  with  the  relocation  of  the 
railroads  has  been  the  building  of  the  false-work  for  the  arch  across 
the  waste  channel. 

Contract  195-A  (245),  McArthur  Brothers  Company. 

Section  2  of  the  Relocation  of  the  Central  Massachusetts  Railroad,  in  Clinton. 

On  April  18,  1902,  a  contract  was  made  with  the  McArthur 
Brothers  Company  for  the  construction  of  what  is  known  as  Section 
2  of  the  Relocation  of  the  Central  Massachusetts  Railroad.  All  of 
the  work  under  this  contract  was  completed  in  1903,  except  the  con- 
struction of  a  short  length  of  permanent  line  of  railroad  in  place  of 
the  temporary  line  necessarily  used  during  the  construction  of  the 
dam.  The  work  included  the  construction  of  a  masonry  arch  bridge 
to  carry  the  railroad  over  the  waste  channel,  the  construction  of 
short  lengths  of  embankment  on  either  side  of  the  bridge,  and  the 
removal  of  the  embankment  of  the  temporary  line. 

The  contractor  began  the  work  of  laying  masonry  at  the  arch  bridge 
on  July  5,  and  completed  the  embankment  of  the  permanent  line 
about  the  middle  of  September.  On  October  23,  immediately  after 
the  trains  of  the  Boston  &  Maine  Railroad  began  to  run  over  the  per- 
manent line,  work  was  begun  on  the  removal  of  the  embankment  of 
the  temporary  line,  and  at  the  end  of  the  year  this  work  was  prac- 
tically completed. 

The  quantities  of  work  done  were  as  follows  :  — 


No.  57.] 


AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD. 


103 


To  December 
31,  1904. 

In  1905. 

Total. 

Earth  excavation  (cubic  yards),       

25,500 

16,200 

41,700 

55,500 

306 

55,806 

Tunnel  excavation  (cubic  yards),    

18,800 

18,800 

Rubble  stone  masonry  (cubic  yards)  

- 

920 

920 

Concrete  masonry  not  In  tunnel  (cubic  yards),     . 

2,120 

170 

2,290 

Concrete  masonry  in  tunnel  (cubic  yards)  

2,360 

- 

2,360 

740 

385 

1  125 

Dry  paving  (cubic  yards)  

140 

140 

The  maximum  force  employed  during  1905  has  been  63  men  and 
30  horses,  for  the  week  ending  November  18. 


IMPROVING  WACHUSETT  WATERSHED. 

Paved  ditches  with  board  bottoms,  having  an  aggregate  length  of 
2,875  feet,  have  been  built  to  drain  the  swampy  ground  below  the 
South  Dike  and  the  deeper  part  of  the  pit  from  which  sand  was 
obtained  for  the  construction  of  the  masonry  of  the  Wachusett  Dam. 
The  maximum  force  employed  on  this  work  has  been  26  men  and  4 
horses,  for  the  week  ending  November  25. 

A  ditch  about  1,870  feet  long  has  been  dug  to  drain  swampy  land 
near  the  Lamson  nursery.  The  dams  in  Holden  at  the  Canada  and 
Unionville  mill-ponds  and  at  Day's  Mill  have  been  repaired.  Con- 
siderable other  work  has  been  done  by  day-labor  forces  in  construct- 
ing filter-beds,  cesspools  and  privy  vaults. 

FORESTRY. 

The  work  of  cutting  out  fruit,  mature  and  undesirable  trees  pre- 
paratory to  planting  has  been  done  over  about  175  acres.  The  fire 
guard  40  feet  wide  along  the  margins  of  the  land  purchased  by  the 
Board  has  been  extended  through  timber  land  for  about  half  a  mile 
near  Oakdale.  An  area  of  101  acres  was  planted  between  April  15 
and  May  13,  and  of  147  acres  between  August  26  and  October  14, 
largely  with  seedlings  from  the  nurseries.  Of  the  above,  about 
67  acres  were  in  heavy  grass  land,  where  four-year-old  white  pine 
seedlings  were  planted  in  rows  6  feet  apart  each  way ;  the  remain- 
ing 181  acres  were  pasture  and  sprout  land,  which  were  planted 


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with  three-year-old  white  pine  seedlings,  set  at  intervals  of  10  feet, 
with  sugar  maple,  hickory,  chestnut,  locust  or  oak  planted  between 
for  fillers,  where  a  suitable  filler  did  not  exist.  In  doing  this  wrork 
the  following  seedlings  from  the  nurseries  of  the  Board  have  been 
used:  163,600  pine,  106,300  maple,  9,800  chestnut,  3,200  locust, 
10,000  oak,  also  3  bushels  of  hickory  nuts.  The  cost  of  taking  the 
trees  from  the  nursery  and  setting  them  in  the  ground  has  been 
$4.95  per  thousand  trees,  or  $5.55  per  acre. 

The  following  table  gives  information  regarding  land  belonging  to 
the  Board  above  the  flow-line  of  the  reservoir.  Outlying  land  and 
land  along  the  Quinepoxet  River  above  the  road  which  formerly 
crossed  the  river  to  the  Harris  Mills  is  not  included  in  this  tabu- 
lation. 

Acres. 

Area  of  land  which  was  forested  when  acquired,       .....  1,431 

Area  which  has  been  planted  with  trees 937 

Area  to  be  planted  with  trees,      .        .        .        .        .        .        .        .        .  483 

Area  open  and  which  will  probably  not  be  planted, 300 

Area  of  marginal  strip  along  shores  of  reservoir,      ,        .     .  .       ^        .  197 


Total  area  belonging  to  the  Board, ,.       3,348 

Four-year-old  white  pine  seedlings  have  been  planted  at  intervals 
of  40  feet  along  both  sides  of  a  public  road  near  the  North  Dike  for 
a  distance  of  ^  mile ;  and  where  trees  planted  along  highways  in 
previous  years  have  died,  they  have  been  replaced  for  a  distance  of 
about  12*4  miles.  Two  and  three  year  old  white  pine  seedlings  and 
three-year-old  arbor  vitee  seedlings  have  been  planted  along  12^ 
miles  of  the  reservoir  margin  ;  and  where  trees  planted  in  previous 
years  have  died,  they  have  been  replaced  for  about  the  same  dis- 
tance. An  additional  row  of  arbor  vitse  has  also  been  planted  along 
about  20  miles  of  the-  reservoir  margin. 

The  total  length  of  the  flow-line  of  the  reservoir,  including  1.2 
miles  around  Cemetery  Island,  is  38.2  miles.  Arbor  vitas  and  white 
pine  seedlings  have  been  planted  on  the  marginal  strip  along  27 
miles  of  the  flow-line.  Along  the  dikes,  highways  and  railroads,  for 
a  distance  of  5.7  miles,  trees  will  not  be  planted;  and  there  remain 
about  5.5  miles  of  the  marginal  strip  to  plant  with  trees. 

The  necessary  care  has  been  given  to  the  Flagg  and  Lamson  nurs- 
eries during  the  year.  There  were  transplanted  from  the  nursery 
beds  to  the  transplant  rows  at  the  Flagg  nursery  52,200  white  pines, 


No.  57.]  AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD.  105 

5,400  Scotch  pines,  81,600  arbor  vitaa  and  12,300  Norway  spruces. 
Besides  the  above  stock  in  transplant  rows,  this  nursery  contains 
494,000  white  pines,  2,000  Scotch  pines,  38,300  white  spruces, 
11,000  Douglas  spruces,  8,800  Norway  spruces,  127,000  arbor  vitas 
and  8,400  birches,  hemlocks,  larches,  and  tamaracks  in  seed  beds. 
At  the  Lamson  nursery  there  are  22,500  maples,  3,900  walnuts, 
6,200  oaks,  2,400  ashes,  and  15,800  locusts,  and  about  2  bushels  of 
chestnuts,  which  have  been  laid  away  in  sand  preparatory  to  plant- 
ing directly  in  the  field  next  spring. 

ENGINEERING. 

In  addition  to  the  engineering  work  already  enumerated  and  that 
necessarily  connected  with  the  supervision  of  the  contract  and  day- 
labor  work  in  progress,  the  engineering  force  of  the  Dam  and 
Reservoir  Department  has  performed  the  following  work.  Plans, 
specifications  and  estimates  have  been  prepared  for  the  construction 
of  a  new  highway  on  the  southerly  side  of  the  reservoir,  between 
Oakdale  and  West  Boylston,  and  for  the  treatment  of  that  part  of 
the  reservoir  lying  along  the  Stillwater  River.  Elevations  of  the 
bottom  of  the  reservoir,  taken  after  the  completion  of  the  excava- 
tion, have  been  entered  on  the  record  sheets,  and  contour  lines  have 
been  drawn  covering  an  area  of  920  acres,  making  a  total  of  3,420 
acres  covered  by  these  final  records  at  the  end  of  the  year.  From 
these  record  sheets  tables  have  been  prepared  showing  the  capacity 
of  the  reservoir  at  each  tenth  of  a  foot  between  elevations  325  and 
370.  Surveys  have  been  in  progress  of  the  marginal  line  of  the 
watershed,  and  the  line  has  been  surveyed  for  a  distance  of  38!/£> 
miles.  The  total  distance  around  the  margin  of  the  watershed  is 
about  69  miles.  This  survey  has  been  connected  with  the  system  of 
co-ordinates  of  the  Wachusett  Reservoir  by  triangulation.  Surveys 
and  studies  have  been  made  for  filter-beds  for  filtering  the  water  of 
a  brook  which  drains  the  village  of  Sterling,  and  much  other  minor 
engineering  work  has  been  done  in  connection  with  the  settlement 
of  claims  and  for  other  purposes. 

CEMENT  TESTS. 

The  usual  tables  of  tests  of  cements  used  in  the  dam  and  other 
works  at  the  Wachusett  Reservoir,  and  in  the  Weston  Aqueduct, 
may  be  found  in  Appendix  No.  2. 


106  METROPOLITAN   WATER  [Pub.  Doc. 


SUDBURY  AND  DISTRIBUTION  DEPARTMENTS. 

DEXTER  BRACKETT,  Department  Engineer. 

The  only  actual  work  done  in  these  departments  chargeable  to 
construction  was  the  setting  of  a  Venturi  meter  and  the  laying  of  a 
few  lengths  of  48-inch  pipe  at  the  low-service  pumping  station  at 
Chestnut  Hill.  Studies  and  estimates  have  been  made  for  new 
pumping  machinery  and  a  new  pumping  station  in  Arlington  to  re- 
place the  temporary  plant  which  was  installed  in  1899.  On  October 
28  a  contract  was  made  with  the  Allis-Chalmers  Company  of  Mil- 
waukee, Wis.,  for  furnishing  and  installing  during  the  coming  year 
a  horizontal  high-duty  pumping  engine,  capable  of  raising  1,500,000 
gallons  per  twenty-four  hours  to  a  height  of  300  feet.  A  consider- 
able part  of  the  time  of  the  department  engineer  and  his  assistants 
has  been  spent  upon  matters  connected  with  the  suit  brought  by  the 
cities  of  Maiden,  Medford  and  Melrose  for  damages  on  account  of 
the  taking  of  Spot  Pond,  and  in  the  preparation  of  record  plans  of 
work  done  in  previous  years. 

OFFICE  FORCE. 

FRANK  T.  DANIELS,  Principal  Office  Assistant  until  December  23 ;  BENJAMIN  F. 
HANCOX,  Jr.,  Assistant  in  Charge  of  Drafting  Department  since  December 
23 ;  SAMUEL  E.  KILLAM,  Office  Assistant. 

The  following  is  a  statement  of  the  more  important  work  upon 
which  the  drafting  department  has  been  engaged  during  the  year. 

For  the  Wachusett  Reservoir  a  drawing  was  made  showing  the 
paving  for  the  North  Dike,  and  one  showing  the  location  of  the  stone 
masonry  railroad  bridge  over  the  waste  channel.  For  the  Wachu- 
sett Dam  there  have  been  made  grading  plans  for  the  hillside  slopes 
and  for  the  Boylston  Street  approach ;  detail  drawings  of  steelwork 
for  the  upper  gate-chamber  and  of  steel  re-enforcement  for  the 
granolithic  surface  of  the  dam,  abutment,  upper  gate-chamber  and 
bastion  ;  detail  drawings  of  stone  curbing  and  of  iron  fence  and  gates 
for  the  Boylston  Street  approach ;  drawings  for  a  granite  balustrade 
to  surmount  the  dam,  which  was  not  adopted;  and  detail  drawings 
of  the  adopted  design  for  a  fence,  consisting  of  cast  brass  posts  and 
rails  of  seamless  drawn  brass  tubing.  Studies  have  been  made  for 
bronze  tablets  and  for  a  fountain  at  the  pool  below  the  dam. 

Detail  drawings,  with  specifications,  were  made  for  a  dwelling 
house  for  the  foreman  at  the  Weston  Reservoir.  Forty-three  record 


No.  57.]  AND  SEWEEAGE   BOARD.  107 

plans  of  structures  on  the  Weston  Aqueduct  have  been  made,  also  16 
record  drawings  of  work  connected  with  the  relocation  of  the  Cen- 
tral Massachusetts  Railroad.  Working  drawings  were  made  for  steel 
manhole  covers  and  granite  manhole  curbing  for  use  on  the  Sudbury 
and  Cochituate  aqueducts,  also  record  drawings  showing  changes  and 
repairs  at  Beaver  Dam  Brook  culvert  and  Waban  Valley  bridge. 
The  whole  number  of  finished  drawings  completed  during  the  year 
was  134. 

During  the  year  drawings  pertaining  to  the  works  acquired  from 
the  city  of  Boston  have  been  transferred  to  this  department  from  the 
City  Engineer's  department.  These  plans,  about  1,300  in  number, 
have  been  examined,  rearranged  and  indexed. 

The  force  employed  in  the  drafting  department  numbered  8  for 
the  first  month,  7  for  the  succeeding  seven  months  and  6  for  the  last 
four  months. 

Samuel  E.  Killam  has  had  charge  of  the  general  office,  where 
the  work  is  of  a  varied  character,  such  as  making  miscellaneous  in- 
vestigations and  computations,  procuring  supplies  and  making  blue- 
prints. Mr.  Killam  has  also  had  general  charge  of  the  photographic 
work. 

ACCIDENTS. 

No  fatal  accidents  have  occurred  during  the  year. 
MAINTENANCE. 

(This  report  has  been  compiled  from  reports  prepared  by  the  engineers  in  charge  of  the  various 
departments  of  the  works.) 

RAINFALL  AND  YIELD. 

The  total  rainfall  for  the  year  on  the  Sudbury  watershed  has  been 
42.31  inches,  or  3.78  inches  below  the  average,  the  deficiency  oc- 
curring in  the  months  of  February,  March,  April  and  May,  during 
which  time  the  rainfall  was  9.38  inches,  or  6.29  inches  below  the 
average.  As  a  result  of  the  small  rainfall  at  the  season  of  the  year 
when  the  greatest  percentage  is  collectible  in  the  reservoirs,  the 
yield  of  both  the  Sudbury  and  Wachusett  watersheds  has  been  low, 
that  of  the  Sudbury  watershed  being  26  per  cent,  below  the  average 
of  the  preceding  thirty  years,  and  that  of  the  Wachusett  watershed 
27  per  cent,  below  the  average  of  the  preceding  eight  years  during 
which  records  have  been  kept. 

Statistics  relating  to  rainfall  and  yield  of  watersheds  maybe  found 
in  Appendix  No.  3,  tables  Nos.  1  to  11. 


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METROPOLITAN   WATER 


[Pub.  Doc. 


STORAGE  RESERVOIRS. 

The  quantity  of  water  stored  in  all  of  the  storage  reservoirs  on 
January  1,  1905,  was  15,638,100,000  gallons.  Rains  early  in  Jan- 
uary, aggregating  about  3.5  inches,  caused  an  increase  of  about 
4,000,000,000  gallons  in  the  quantity  stored;  but  on  account  of  the 
low  rainfall  and  cold  weather  after  that  time  there  was  a  lowering  of 
the  reservoirs  from  the  middle  of  January  until  March  8.  During 
March  and  April  the  reservoirs  were  filling,  reaching  the  maximum 
for  the  year  of  33,708,200,000  gallons,  on  May  1.  From  May  1  to 
September  3  there  was  an  almost  continual  loss  of  storage,  and  on 
the  latter  date  the  reservoirs  contained  26,758,900,000  gallons. 
On  September  2,  3  and  4  about  6  inches  of  rain  fell,  causing  an 
increase  of  4,000,000,000  gallons  in  the  quantity  of  water  stored. 
From  the  middle  of  September  until  the  end  of  November  the  stor- 
age decreased,  but  did  not  fall  quite  to  the  point  reached  early  in 
September.  During  December  the  reservoirs  were  filling,  and  at 
the  end  of  the  year  the  quantity  stored  was  28,971,900,000  gallons. 

The  following  table  gives  the  quantity  of  water  stored  in  the  stor- 
age reservoirs  at  the  beginning  of  each  month  :  — 

Quantity  of  Water  stored  in  Wachusett  Reservoir,  and  in  Reservoirs  on  Sudbury 
and  Cochituate  Watersheds,  at  the  Beginning  of  Each  Month. 


DATE. 

In 
Wachusett 
Reservoir 
(Gallons). 

In  Sudbury 
Reservoir  and 
Framingham 
Reservoir  No.  3 
(Gallons). 

In  All  Other 
Storage 
Reservoirs 
(Gallons). 

Total 
(Gallons). 

1905. 

4,409  600,000 

7  912,500,000 

3,316  000  000 

15  638,100  000 

February  1,       
March  1 

7,549,200,000 
5  800  700  000 

6,937,900,000 
7  Oil  700  000 

4,432,900,000 
4  016  700  000 

18,920,000,000 
16  829  100  000 

15,371,300,000 

7,329,600,000 

5,715,300,000 

28,416,200,000 

Mayl,        .....       . 
June  1,       

20,498,900,000 
18,350,600,000 

6,678,900,000 
6,951,900,000 

6,530,400,000 
6,916,700,000 

33,708,200,000 
32,219,200,000 

July  1  

16,582,300,000 

7,853,200,000 

7,087,000,000 

31,522,500,000 

August  1,  
September  1,     
October  1  

14,951,000,000 
13,774,300,000 
16,208,700,000 
15,057,100,000 

7,993,200,000 
7,877,600,000 
7,916,300,000 
7,847,800  000 

6,489,400,000 
5,286,900,000 
6,106,600,000 
5  178  700  000 

29,433,600,000 
26,938,800,000 
30,231,600,000 
28,083,600,000 

December  1  
1906. 

14,628,900,000 

7,772,500,000 
6,831,300,000 

4,662,000,000 
5  025,300,000 

27,063,400,000 
28,971,900,000 

No.  57.]  AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD.  109 

Wachusett  Reservoir.  —  At  the  beginning  of  the  year  the  water 
in  this  reservoir  was  at  elevation  317,  or  33  feet  above  the  bottom 
of  the  48-inch  outlet  pipes,  ^.ndthe  reservoir  contained  4,409,600,000 
gallons  of  water.  On  account  of  the  small  rainfall  during  the  first 
five  months  of  the  year  the  yield  of  the  streams  entering  the  reser- 
voir was  very  much  below  the  average.  The  highest  elevation 
reached  during  the  year  was  349.63,  on  April  28,  when  the  reservoir 
contained  20,697,900,000  gallons.  From  May  1  until  September 
3,  and  from  September  15  to  December  6,  water  was  drawn  from 
the  reservoir  practically  continuously  for  the  supply  of  the  Metro- 
politan District.  At  the  end  of  the  year  the  water  stood  at  elevation 
344.06,  and  the  reservoir  contained  17,115,300,000  gallons.  The 
only  water  discharged  from  the  reservoir  into  the  river  below  the 
dam  was  that  required  to  be  so  discharged  for  the  use  of  the  Lan- 
caster Mills  and  others.  The  average  quantity  as  measured  at  the 
gaging  station  below  the  Lancaster  Mills  was  2,309,000  gallons  per 
day. 

Sudbury  Reservoir,  —  At  the  beginning  of  the  year  the  water  in 
this  reservoir  stood  at  elevation  259.18,  or  .18  of  a  foot  above  the 
stone  crest  of  the  dam.  The  lowest  point  during  the  year  was 
reached  on  February  14,  when  it  stood  at  elevation  255.82.  During 
March,  April  and  May  the  water  stood  from  1  to  3  feet  below  the 
crest  of  the  dam.  Early  in  June  it  was  raised  to  the  level  of  the 
crest,  and  from  June  10  until  December  17  water  was  running  al- 
most continuously  over  the  crest  of  the  dam,  the  reservoir  being 
kept  full  by  a  flow  from  the  Wachusett  Reservoir.  On  December 
16  the  flow  from  the  Wachusett  Reservoir  was  shut  off,  and  at  the 
end  of  the  year  the  Sudbury  Reservoir  had  fallen  about  2  feet. 

A  gravel  driveway  has  been  built  from  the  head-house  of  the  Wes- 
ton  Aqueduct  to  the  store-house  at  the  northerly  end  of  the  dam,  the 
loam  removed  in  constructing  the  driveway  being  used  to  cover  an 
unsightly  rock  dump  below  the  dam.  A  large  number  of  pine  trees 
were  set  out  on  the  grounds,  500  chestnut  posts  cut  for  use  on  the 
works,  joints  on  the  overflow  of  the  dam  repointed,  a  new  capstone 
and  a  short  piece  of  coping  set  on  the  retaining  wall  of  the  channel 
below  the  dam,  and  a  new  cesspool  built  for  the  house  at  the  dam 
occupied  by  the  foreman. 

The  Marlborough  Brook  filter-beds  have  been  in  use  throughout 
the  year,  and  have  filtered  all  the  water  received  from  the  brook 


110  METROPOLITAN  WATER  [Pub.  Doc. 

except  for  a  few  hours  on  January  7.  The  beds  were  cleaned  in  the 
latter  part  of  June  and  early  in  July,  and  the  natural  beds  were 
again  cleaned  in  November.  Cracks  in  the  concrete  channel  dams 
were  cut  out  and  pointed,  and  a  new  connection  with  concrete  walls 
fitted  with  stop-planks  was  made  between  beds  25  and  26.  A  12- 
inch  Akron  pipe  718  feet  long  has  been  laid  between  a  manhole  on 
the  Marlborough  sewer  and  filter-bed  No.  20  of  the  Marlborough 
Brook  filter-beds.  By  means  of  valves  set  in  the  manholes  the  flow 
in  the  sewer  can  now  be  diverted  on  to  the  filter-beds,  in  case  the 
storage  reservoir  and  filter-bed  on  Farm  Road  should  be  at  any 
time  in  danger  of  overflowing.  During  the  past  year  diluted  sewage 
flowed  on  to  this  filter-bed  on  March  25,  26  and  27,  April  6,  Sep- 
tember 3,  4,  5,  6  and  7. 

Eight  new  stone  bounds  were  set  to  define  property  lines  along 
the  Marlborough  Brook,  the  brook  was  cleaned,  and  adjoining 
property  owners  who  had  encroached  upon  the  property  of  the 
Board  by  depositing  ashes  and  other  rubbish  were  required  to  re- 
move the  same. 

Framing  ham  Reservoir  No.  3. — This  reservoir  was  kept  nearly 
full  of  water  during  the  year,  water  for  that  purpose  having  been 
drawn  from  the  Sudbury  Reservoir  when  required.  At  the  end  of 
the  year  the  water  stood  about  3  feet  below  the  crest  of  the  dam. 
The  ceiling  of  the  gate-house  and  the  exterior  of  the  shed  and  boat- 
house  at  the  dam  were  painted. 

Framingham  Reservoir  No.  2.  —  This  reservoir  was  kept  practi- 
cally full  throughout  the  year,  the  lowest  point  reached  being  about 
3  feet  below  the  crest  of  the  dam,  on  October  3.  During  the  pre- 
vious week  water  was  wasted  preparatory  to  filling  the  reservoir 
with  water  of  better  quality  from  the  Ashland  and  Hopkinton  reser- 
voirs. Water  was  drawn  from  the  reservoir  for  the  supply  of  the 
Metropolitan  District  for  a  longer  period  and  in  greater  quantity 
than  at  any  time  since  1898.  Water  was  drawn  from  the  reservoir 
to  Lake  Cochituate  on  December  4  and  5.  The  ceiling  of  the  gate- 
house, the  exterior  of  the  shed  and  boat-house  near  the  dam  and  the 
fence  on  both  sides  of  Fountain  Street  were  painted,  5  land  bounds 
were  set,  a  granolithic  cap  placed  on  the  gate-house  chimney,  and 
the  joints  in  the  masonry  of  the  chimney  repointed. 

Framingham  Reservoir  No.  1.  —  This  reservoir  was  full  and  water 
wasted  over  the  dam  for  the  greater  portion  of  the  time  from  the 


No.  57.]  AND   SEWERAGE  BOAED.  Ill 

beginning  of  the  year  until  the  latter  part  of  June.  During  the  last 
half  of  the  year  but  little  water  was  wasted.  Water  was  drawn  from 
this  reservoir  and  discharged  into  Lake  Cochituate  on  May  5  and  6, 
during  parts  of  nine  days  from  September  4  to  15,  inclusive,  and 
on  four  days  from  December  1  to  5.  The  gate-house  ceiling  was 
painted  and  the  chimney  repaired  in  the  same  manner  as  at  Reser- 
voirs Nos.  2  and  3. 

Ashland  Reservoir.  —  At  the  beginning  of  the  year  the  water  in 
this  reservoir  was  31.34  feet  below  high  water.  It  rose  to  the  level 
of  the  stone  crest  on  May  29,  and  the  reservoir  remained  practically 
full  until  early  in  July.  Water  was  drawn  from  the  reservoir  in 
varying  quantities  during  each  of  the  last  six  months  of  the  year. 
On  September  3  its  surface  was  at  elevation  216.86,  or  8.35  feet 
below  high  water,  which  was  the  lowest  point  reached  during  the 
last  half  of  the  year.  It  was  4.3  feet  below  high  water  on  January 
1,  1906.  The  lower  gate  at  the  gate-house,  through  which  there 
had  been  a  small  leakage  for  a  number  of  years,  was  repaired  early 
in  the  year.  The  exterior  of  the  gate-keeper's  house  and  the  interior 
walls  of  the  gate-house  have  been  painted,  and  the  walk  on  the  dam, 
1,800  feet  in  length,  resurfaced  with  gravel. 

Hopkinton  Resei-voir.  — This  reservoir  was  3 1.48  feet  below  high 
water  at  the  beginning  of  the  year.  On  June  29  it  was  at  elevation 
303.92,  or  1.08  feet  below  high  water,  which  was  the  highest  point 
reached  during  the  year.  The  draft  from  the  reservoir  in  the  last 
half  of  the  year  lowered  the  surface  to  elevation  293,  or  12  feet  below 
high  water,  on  November  29.  At  the  end  of  the  year  it  had  risen 
to  elevation  295.74.  About  four-fifths  of  the  water  drawn  from  the 
reservoir  was  filtered  through  the  beds  below  the  dam.  One  of  the 
gates  at  the  dam,  through  which  there  was  a  small  leakage,  was  re- 
paired. A  survey  was  made  and  14  stone  bounds  set  on  the  boundary 
line  of  land  just  below  the  dam  formerly  belonging  to  William  F. 
Ellis  and  Levi  F.  Hollis.  The  filter-beds  were  cleaned  as  usual,  and 
the  southerly  half  of  the  roof  of  the  gate-keeper's  house  was  shingled. 

WJiitehall  Reservoir.  —  Water  was  drawn  from  this  reservoir  in 
January,  February  and  March,  lowering  it  from  elevation  337.29  on 
January  10  to  elevation  333.27  on  March  9.  The  outlet  gate  was 
then  closed  and  the  reservoir  filled  slowly,  but  did  not  rise  to  high- 
water  mark  during  the  year,  although  no  water  was  drawn  from  the 
reservoir  from  March  9  until  December  16,  when  it  stood  at  eleva- 


112  METROPOLITAN  WATER  [Pub.  Doc. 

tion  337.83,  or  2.07  feet  below  the  extreme  level  to  which  the  water 
can  be  raised  by  the  new  dam.  At  the  end  of  the  year  it  had  fallen 
to  elevation  337. 27. 

Farm  Pond.  —  The  water  in  this  pond  was  kept  from  about  high 
water  to  1  foot  below  during  the  year.  It  was  twice  partially  filled 
with  water  drawn  from  Framingham  Reservoir  No.  1,  once  in  May 
and  again  in  November.  No  water  was  drawn  from  the  pond  for  the 
use  of  the  Metropolitan  District,  and  none  was  wasted  into  the  Sud- 
bury  River.  The  paving  on  the  slopes  of  the  embankment  of  the 
aqueduct  where  it  passes  through  the  pond  has  been  relaid  at  points 
where  it  had  settled  or  been  thrown  out  of  position  by  the  action  of 
the  waves  and  ice.  A  galvanized-iron  cap  was  placed  on  the  gate- 
house chimney,  and  the  chimney  repointed. 

Lake  Gochituate.  —  At  the  beginning  of  the  year  the  water  in  the 
lake  was  4.52  feet  below  high  water;  on  March  27  the  lake  was  full, 
and  remained  at  or  near  high- water  mark  until  the  middle  of  July, 
after  which  date  the  draft  for  the  supply  of  the  District  lowered  its 
surface  to  140.35  on  September  3.  The  heavy  rainfall  at  this  time, 
and  water  turned  into  the  lake  from  Framingham  Reservoir  No.  1, 
raised  the  lake  about  3  feet ;  but  after  the  middle  of  September  there 
was  a  gradual  drop  in  its  surface,  and  on  November  29  it  was  6.46 
feet  below  high  water,  the  lowest  point  reached  during  the  year. 
During  the  first  week  in  December  water  was  turned  into  the  lake 
from  Framingham  Reservoirs  Nos.  1  and  2  ;  and  on  January  1,  1906, 
it  was  5.68  feet  below  high  water. 

The  joints  in  the  stone  masonry  of  the  outlet  dam  were  cut  out 
and  repointed,  the  joints  in  the  horizontal  surfaces  being  pointed 
with  elastic  cement  and  in  the  vertical  joints  with  Portland  cement. 
A  new  1-inch  cement-lined  water  pipe,  281  feet  long,  was  laid 
between  the  foreman's  house  and  the  barn,  the  foreman's  house 
reshingled,  and  the  driveway  from  the  street  to  the  barn  resurfaced 
with  gravel. 

The  channel  of  Course  Brook,  through  which  the  water  flows 
when  running  from  the  Sudbury  Aqueduct  into  the  lake,  was  cleaned 
for  a  distance  of  about  2,400  feet,  and  the  brash  cut  on  the  land 
adjacent  to  the  brook.  Twenty-five  stone  bounds  were  set  to  define 
property  lines  on  the  east  shore  of  the  lake. 

At  the  beginning  of  the  year  Dudley  Pond  was  3.34  feet  below 
high  water.  The  highest  elevation  was  2.13  feet  below  high  water, 


No.  57.]  AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD.  113 

in  the  latter  part  of  April;  and  the  lowest  4.14  feet  below  high 
water,  on  November  27.  From  July  21  to  26,  inclusive,  a  total 
quantity  of  20,800,000  gallons  was  discharged  from  the  pond  into 
Lake  Cochituate. 

The  surface  of  Dug  Pond  varied  between  .69  of  a  foot  above  and 
2.91  feet  below  the  invert  of  the  18-inch  overflow  pipe. 

The  Pegan  Brook  filter-beds  were  in  use  on  202  days  during  the 
year.  All  of  the  brook  water  was  filtered  with  the  exception  of 
small  quantities  which  overflowed  on  parts  of  6  days,  and  all  of  the 
water  from  the  intercepting  ditch  except  on  parts  of  6  days.  The 
total  quantity  of  water  pumped  during  the  year  was  235,317,000 
gallons,  of  which  158,020,000  gallons  were  from  Pegan  Brook  and 
77,297,000  gallons  from  the  intercepting  ditch.  The  total  quantity 
of  coal  consumed  was  150,068  pounds,  indicating  1,568  gallons  of 
water  pumped  per  pound  of  coal.  The  cost  of  operating  the  pump- 
ing station  and  caring  for  the  filter-beds  and  grounds  was  $2,536.17, 
making  the  cost  per  million  gallons  pumped  $10.78.  The  filter-beds 
have  been  cleaned  several  times  when  necessary,  also  the  ditches  in 
the  upper  portion  of  the  Pegan  Brook  receiving  reservoir,  and  the 
deposit  removed  from  the  bottom  of  the  settling  reservoir  for  the 
drainage  ditch.  This  reservoir  had  not  been  cleaned  since  it  was 
built,  two  years  ago,  and  the  deposit  was  4  inches  in  depth.  The 
pumping  machinery  was  painted,  and  a  number  of  pine  trees  set  out 
along  the  drive  leading  from  the  street  to  the  station. 

SOURCES  FROM  WHICH  WATER  HAS  BEEN  TAKEN. 
An  average  of  71,877,000  gallons  per  day  was  drawn  from  the 
Wachusett  Reservoir  through  the  Wachusett  Aqueduct  into  the  Sud- 
bury  Reservoir.  An  average  of  30,742,000  gallons  per  day  was 
drawn  from  the  Sudbury  Reservoir  through  the  Weston  Aqueduct 
into  the  distribution  system  of  the  Metropolitan  District.  From 
Framingham  Reservoir  No.  3  an  average  of  63,539,000  gallons  per 
day,  and  from  Framingham  Reservoirs  Nos.  1  and  2  an  average  of 
11,845,000  gallons  per  day,  was  drawn  through  the  Sudbury  Aque- 
duct to  Chestnut  Hill  Reservoir.  An  average  of  15,313,000  gallons 
per  day  was  drawn  from  Lake  Cochituate  through  the  Cochituate 
Aqueduct  to  Chestnut  Hill  Reservoir.  The  Spot  Pond  drainage 
area  furnished  310,000  gallons  per  day. 


114  METROPOLITAN  WATER  [Pub.  Doc. 

AQUEDUCTS. 

The  Wachusett  Aqueduct  has  been  in  use  266  days  during  the 
year.  It  was  thoroughly  cleaned  between  December  6  and  11.  It 
was  also  examined  at  this  time,  and  was  found  to  be  in  excellent 
condition.  The  usual  work  of  maintenance  along  the  line  of  the 
aqueduct  has  been  performed,  and  the  grounds  and  appurtenances 
are  in  excellent  condition. 

The  Sudbury  Aqueduct  was  in  service  on  359  days  during  the 
year.  The  masonry  portion  of  the  aqueduct  was  cleaned  on  April  11 
to  14  and  April  19  to  22.  The  repairs  made  on  the  Waban  Bridge 
in  1904  reduced  the  leakage  from  the  aqueduct  to  a  very  small 
amount ;  but  during  the  extreme  cold  weather  in  January  and  Feb- 
ruary ice  formed  in  the  open  spaces  under  the  aqueduct  to  such  an 
extent  that  it  beeame  necessary  to  operate  the  steam  plant  for  about 
a  month.  White  the  aqueduct  was  emptied  for  cleaning,  cracks  in 
the  invert  were  pointed  from  station  284  +  88  to  285  -}-  60,  and 
from  station  642  -f-  24  to  644  -j-  47  ;  and  in  the  arch  from  station 
284  +  95  to  285  -f  65,  and  from  station  642  +  22  to  644  -f  70. 

When  the  aqueduct  was  constructed,  manhole  openings  3  feet 
square  "were  left  in  the  top  at  intervals  of  about  1,500  feet.  These 
manhole  openings  were  built  with  a  granite  coping  and  cover  which 
was  covered  with  about  1  foot  of  earth ;  but,  for  convenience  in 
obtaining  access  to  the  aqueduct,  wooden  curbings  and  covers  have 
been  in  use  for  several  years  on  a  number  of  these  manholes.  During 
the  past  year  the  stone  copings  on  18  of  the  manholes  have  been  raised 
to  the  level  of  the  ground,  and  iron  covers  placed  over  the  openings. 

The  ironwork  in  the  roof,  as  well  as  other  ironwork  in  the  Farm 
Pond  gate-house,  was  painted,  also  a  small  shed  near  the  gate-house, 
and  the  storehouse  on  the  line  of  the  aqueduct  at  South  Framingham. 

The  city  of  Newton  laid  an  8-inch  sewer  over  the  aqueduct  at 
Gibbs  Street,  Newton  Center,  using  for  the  crossing  72  feet  of  cast- 
iron  pipe  laid  with  leaded  joints. 

The  culvert  which  passes  under  the  aqueduct  near  Grant  Avenue 
in  Newton  has  been  deepened  and  enlarged  by  removing  paving  and 
underlying  gravel  down  to  the  plank  floor  wrhich  forms  the  founda- 
tion for  the  sidewalls  of  the  culvert.  On  the  floor  was  laid  a  2-inch 
layer  of  concrete,  in  which  was  embedded  expanded  metal  secured 
to  the  floor  with  composition  nails.  The  depth  of  the  culvert  was 
increased  from  3.8  feet  to  6  feet. 


No.  57.]  AND   SEWERAGE  BOARD.  115 

The  Cochituate  Aqueduct  was  in  use  249  days.  The  interior  of 
the  aqueduct,  with  the  exception  of  the  siphon  pipes,  was  cleaned 
on  May  10  to  13,  inclusive.  The  iron  gratings  and  all  ironwork 
below  high-water  level  at  the  several  waste-weirs  have  been  painted, 
and  the  brass  work  in  connection  with  the  gate  stems  cleaned. 
Masonry  curbings  with  iron  covers  have  been  built  on  13  manholes, 
replacing  wooden  curbings  which  had  been  previously  used.  The 
surveys  for  locating  the  aqueduct  and  determining  the  position  of 
property  bounds  have  been  continued,  and  42  land  bounds  and  41 
alignment  bounds  have  been  set. 

The  Weston  Aqueduct  was  in  use  302  days.  The  flow  was  stopped 
nearly  all  of  the  time  from  the  first  of  the  year  until  February  8, 
also  from  March  3  to  13,  during  which  time  men  were  employed  in 
cutting  out  and  repointing  cracks  in  the  aqueduct  masonry.  While 
the  aqueduct  was  being  repaired  it  was  cleaned  for  itsrentire  length. 
The  work  of  cutting  out  and  pointing  fine  transvewe  cracks,  which 
was  started  at  the  very  last  part  of  the  previoi^year,  was  entirely 
completed  in  March.  The  number  of  crack&jrfjrout  and  pointed  was 
724.  In  connection  with  this  work,  319  fSnch  and  1^-inch  pipes 
were  built  into  the  masonry,  and  througS^nost  of  the  pipes  cement 
grout  was  forced  until  all  interstices  \»ye  filled. 

The  barn  at  the  White  place,  iri^Saxonville,  was  repaired.  A 
portion  of  the  steep  bank  at  the  jfetal  to  tunnel  No.  1  at  the  back 
of  the  head-house  was  sodded,  and  the  remainder  of  the  bank  will  be 
sodded  in  the  spring  if  that  which  has  already  been  placed  remains 
in  position  during  the  winter.  Sand  banks  near  siphon  chamber 
No.  2  were  sloped  and  a  large  number  of  pine  trees  set  out.  Trees 
have  also  been  set  on  the  slopes  of  the  sand  banks  west  of  siphon 
chamber  No.  2,  and  in  the  borrow  pits  between  siphon  chambers 
Nos.  2  and  3.  Two  broad  dikes  with  very  flat  slopes  were  built  on 
the  Bowditch  estate  in  Framingham,  to  prevent  the  water  from  Bait- 
ing Brook  overflowing  and  passing  through  a  culvert  under  the 
aqueduct  near  Millwood  Street.  One  of  these  dikes  was  about  180 
feet  long,  with  an  extreme  height  of  2.1  feet ;  and  the  other  125  feet 
long,  with  a  height  of  1.7  feet.  Two  screens  have  been  built  and  the 
frames  set  in  the  head-house  of  the  aqueduct.  A  current  meter 
apparatus  was  installed  in  the  gaging  chamber  early  in  February, 
and  during  the  year  a  large  number  of  current  meter  measurements 
have  been  made  for  determining  the  flow  of  the  aqueduct  at  different 
depths. 


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[Pub.  Doc. 


PUMPING  STATIONS. 

Seventy-five  per  cent,  of  all  the  water  supplied  to  the  Metropoli- 
tan Water  District  has  been  pumped  at  the  two  stations  at  Chestnut 
Hill  Reservoir ;  the  remainder  was  delivered  by  gravity.  The  total 
quantity  pumped  at  all  of  the  stations  during  the  year  was  35,986,- 
230,000  gallons,  or  1,024,140,000  gallons  more  than  during  the 
preceding  year.  The  cost  of  operating  the  stations  was  $93,752.58, 
equivalent  to  $2.605  per  million  gallons  pumped,  which  was  1  cent 
per  million  gallons  less  than  the  corresponding  cost  during  the 
year  1904. 

The  cost  per  gross  ton  of  fuel  used  at  the  Chestnut  Hill  high-ser- 
vice station  was  the  same  as  in  1904,  at  the  Chestnut  Hill  low-service 
station  $0.28  less,  and  at  the  Spot  Pond  station  $0.04  less,  than 
during  the  preceding  year. 

Thirty-three  tests  have  been  made  to  determine  the  viscosity, 
specific  gravity  and  burning  point  of  oil  used  at  the  several  stations, 
and  28  tests  were  made  to  determine  the  calorific  value  of  the  several 
lots  of  coal  used. 

Coal  for  use  at  the  several  stations  has  been  purchased  as  fol- 
lows :  — 


GROSS  TONS. 

Price 
per  Gross 
Ton. 

Chestnut 
Hill  High- 
service 
Station. 

Chestnut 
Hill  Low- 
service 
Station. 

Spot 
Pond 
Station. 

West 
Roxbury 
Station. 

Arling- 
ton 
Station. 

Bay  State  Fuel  Company,  bituminous,    . 

98.44 

- 

- 

- 

$528 

George  W.  Bailey  Company,  bituminous, 

90.85 

- 

- 

- 

'     - 

4  73 

Metropolitan  Coal  Company,  bituminous, 

391.57 

- 

- 

- 

- 

4  50 

Dartmouth  Coal  Company,  bituminous,  . 

- 

578.28 

- 

- 

- 

4  37 

Metropolitan  Coal  Company,  bituminous, 

- 

418.52 

- 

- 

- 

4  35 

Dartmouth  Coal  Company,  bituminous,  . 

891.96 

- 

- 

- 

- 

4  30 

Merchants  Coal  Company,  bituminous,   . 

2,175.09 

- 

- 

- 

- 

4  12 

Merchants  Coal  Company,  bituminous,   . 

- 

1,475.53 

- 

- 

- 

3  98 

£.  B.  Townsend,  buckwheat  anthracite,  . 

18.10 

- 

- 

- 

- 

3  58 

E.B.Townsend,  buckwheat  anthracite,  . 

- 

92.25 

- 

- 

- 

3  26 

Dartmouth  Coal    Company,  buckwheat 
anthracite, 
W.  M.  W.  Spring,  buckwheat  anthracite, 

80.20 
435.80 

: 

; 

- 

- 

3  11 
3  11 

C.  W.  Claflin  &  Co.,  buckwheat  anthra- 
cite. 
W.  M.  W.  Spring,  buckwheat  anthracite, 

71.50 

555.92 

: 

; 

; 

3  02 
2  89 

Dartmouth  Coal    Company,  buckwheat 
anthracite. 

~ 

114.21 

- 

- 

- 

2  85 

No.  57.] 


AND    SEWEEAGE   BOARD. 


117 


GROSS  TONS. 

Price 
per  Gross 
Ton. 

Chestnut 
Hill  High- 
service 
Station. 

Chestnut 
Hill  Low- 
service 
Station. 

Spot 
Pond 
Station. 

"West 
Roxbury 
Station. 

Arling- 
ton 
Station. 

C.  W.  Claflin  &  Co.,  buckwheat  anthra- 
cite. 
Bay  State  Fuel  Company,  screenings,      . 

552.17 

394.10 

- 

; 

; 

$2  78 
2  52 

Maiden  Coal  Company,  bituminous, 

- 

- 

493.25 

- 

- 

4  38 

Locke  Coal  Company,  screenings,    . 

- 

;- 

442.57 

.- 

- 

24 

D.  J.  Cutter  &  Co.,  anthracite,  . 

- 

1     - 

-- 

301.62 

- 

7  28 

Metropolitan  Coal  Company,  anthracite, 

- 

- 

- 

53.57 

- 

7  17 

Peirce  &  Winn  Company,  bituminous,    . 

- 

- 

- 

385.89 

$4  51  to  4  98 

Peirce  &  Winn  Company,  screenings, 
Total  gross  tons,  bituminous,     . 

- 

- 

- 

- 

197.58 
385.89 

2  24 

3,647.91 

2,472.33 

493.25 

- 

Total  gross  tons,  anthracite, 

605.601 

1,156.481 

- 

355.19 

- 

- 

Total  gross  tons,  anthracite  screen- 
ings. 
Average  price  per  gross  ton,  bitu- 
minous. 
Average  price  per  gross  ton,  anthra- 
cite. 
Average  price  per  gross  ton,  anthra- 
cite screenings. 

552.17 
$425 
3  Hi 
2  52 

$4  14 
2  871 

442.57 
$4  38 

2  24 

$726 

197.58 
$4  59 

2  24 

- 

Chestnut  Hill  High-service  Station. 

The  water  used  in  the  high-service  district  of  Boston,  the  city  of 
Quincy  and  the  towns  of  Watertown,  Belmont  and  Milton,  was 
pumped  at  this  station. 

The  following  are  the  statistics  relating  to  the  operations  at  this 
station  :  — 


Engines 
NOB.  land  2. 

Engine 
No.  3. 

Engine 
No.  4. 

Totals  for 
Station. 

Total  quantity  pumped  (million  gallons),  . 

1,381.48 

481.82 

10,564.86 

12,428.16 

Daily  average  quantity  pumped  (gallons), 

3,785,000 

1,320,000 

28,945,000 

34,050,000 

Total  coal  used  (noundB^ 

1  985  452 

424  881 

8  505,184 

10  915  517 

Gallons  pumped  per  pound  of  coal,     .... 

695.80 

1,134.01 

1,242.17 

1,138.58 

Average  head  pumped  against  (feet), 

120.87 

128.01 

130.39 

129.24 

Cost  of  pumping  :  — 

$4,700  79 

$648  93 

$10,477  87 

$15,827  59 

Fuel  

3,626  21 

744  12 

14,789  61 

19,159  94 

Repairs,   

573  95 

640  30 

584  08 

1,798  33 

Oil,  waste  and  packing,         

196  99 

27  19 

439  08 

663  26 

Small  supplies,       

213  57 

29  48 

476  03 

719  08 

$9  311  51 

$2  090  02 

$26  766  67 

$38  168  20 

$6.740 

$4.338 

$2.534 

$3.071 

Cost  per  million  gallons  raised  1  foot  high, 

0.056 

0.034 

0.019 

0.024  ' 

118  METROPOLITAN  WATER  [Pub.  Doc. 

On  account  of  an  increase  of  over  9  per  cent,  in  the  quantity 
pumped,  it  has  been  necessary  to  operate  the  less  economical  ma- 
chinery to  a  greater  extent  than  during  previous  years.  Notwith- 
standing this,  the  cost  per  million  gallons  pumped  at  the  station 
shows  no  increase  above  that  of  the  previous  year. 

The  amount  of  repair  work  done  at  this  station  was  considerably 
greater  than  during  the  previous  year.  The  principal  items  were 
the  repairs  to  the  two  Gaskill  pumping  engines,  Nos.  1  and  2,  in- 
stalled in  1885.  The  water  plungers  of  No.  1  engine  were  turned 
and  new  composition  packing  sleeves  made,  which  greatly  reduced 
the  slip  of  the  pumps.  On  November  8  the  straps  on  the  fork  end 
of  one  of  the  main  connecting  rods  of  No.  2  engine  broke,  causing 
extensive  damage  to  the  right-hand  engine.  Two  new  rods  of  im- 
proved design  are  now  being  made  by  the  Holly  Manufacturing 
Company  of  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  and  the  water  plungers  are  being  turned 
and  new  composition  sleeves  made  by  the  Lockwood  Manufacturing 
Company,  who  also  did  the  work  on  the  plungers  of  No.  1  pump. 
The  work  of  installing  the  new  parts,  and  of  making  other  neces- 
sary repairs,  is  being  done  by  the  regular  employe's  at  the  station, 
with  some  assistance  from  the  Atlantic  Works. 

One  of  the  lower  Riedler  valve  seats  in  the  pump  of  the  No.  3 
engine  broke  on  June  28.  Temporary  repairs  were  made  so  that 
the  engine  could  be  used,  and  a  new  valve  seat  and  spindle  were 
made  by  the  Lockwood  Manufacturing  Company,  but  have  not  yet 
been  put  in  the  pump. 

A  new  Flather  lathe  was  installed  in  the  machine  shop.  A  centrif- 
ugal waste  cleaner  was  purchased  for  use  at  both  the  high  and  low 
service  stations,  and  a  considerable  saving  has  been  effected  by  its 
use.  A  new  coal-handling  platform  was  built,  the  derrick  was  altered 
and  improved,  and  a  new  floor  laid  on  the  run-ways  in  the  coal-house. 

Chestnut  Hill  Low-service  Pumping  Station. 

The  quantity  of  water  pumped  at  this  station  was  0.8  per  cent, 
less  than  during  the  year  1904. 

The  following  are  the  statistics  relating  to  operations  at  this 
station  :  —  Englnes 

Nos.  5,  6  and  7. 

Total  quantity  pumped  (million  gallons), 20,104.86 

Daily  average  quantity  pumped  (gallons), 55,082,000 

Total  coal  used  (pounds), 8,215,258 

Gallons  pumped  per  pound  of  coal, 2,447.26 

Average  head  pumped  against  (feet), 50.81 


No.  57.] 


AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD. 


119 


Cost  of  pumping :  —  No8E5f Ifand  7. 

Labor, '.  $15,157  44 

Fuel,        ...    - 13,850  69 

Repairs 1,555  05 

Oil,  waste  and  packing 638  37 

Small  supplies, 648  61 


Total  for  station,      .... 

Cost  per  million  gallons  pumped,  . 

Cost  per  million  gallons  raised  1  foot  high, 


$31,850  16 

$1.584 
0.031 


The  cost  per  million  gallons  pumped  was  $0.087  less  than  for  the 
year  1904.  This  was  principally  due  to  the  decreased  price  of  fuel 
and  a  reduction  of  4.10  feet  in  the  average  head  pumped  against. 


Spot  Pond  Pumping  Station. 

At  this  station  engine  No.  8  was  operated  from  October  28  to 
November  24,  while  repairs  were  being  made  on  engine  No.  9. 
During  the  remainder  of  the  year  all  the  water  was  pumped  with 
engine  No.  9,  the  20,000, 000-gallon  Holly  engine. 

The  following  are  the  statistics  relating  to  operations  at  this 
station :  — 


Engine  No.  8. 

Engine  No.  9. 

Totals  for 
Station. 

Total  quantity  pumped  (million  gallons),  . 

189.55 

2,818.20 

3,007.75 

Daily  average  quantity  pumped  (gallons),  . 

519,000 

7,721,000 

8,240,000 

Total  coal  used  (pounds)  

190,381 

2,374,510 

2,564,891 

Gallons  pumped  per  pound  of  coal,     .... 

995.64 

1,186.86 

1,172.66 

Average  head  pumped  against  (feet)  

119.05 

129.52 

128.86 

Cost  of  pumping  :  — 

Labor  

$719  23 

$5,879  25 

$6,598  48 

Fuel  ... 

373  60 

3,759  52 

4  133  12 

Repairs 

63  89 

522  22 

586  11 

24  80 

202  70 

227  50 

Small  supplies,        

35  76 

292  32 

328  08 

Totals  

$1,217  28 
$6  422 

$10,656  01 
$3  781 

$11,873  29 
$3  948 

Coat  per  million  gallons  raised  1  foot  high,  . 

0.054 

0.029 

0.031 

The  cost  per  million  gallons  pumped  was  $0.106   less  than  dur- 
ing  the    previous   year,    due   to   an    increase    in    the    quantity    of 


120  METROPOLITAN   WATER  [Pub.  Doc. 

water  pumped,  without  material  increase  in  the  expense  of  opera- 
tion. 

The  low-pressure  lower  inlet  valve  gear  on  engine  No.  9  was  re- 
paired, causing  the  engine  to  run  more  smoothly. 

West  Roxbury  Pumping  Station. 

At  this  station  water  was  pumped  for  supplying  the  higher  por- 
tions of  West  Roxbury  and  Milton. 

The  following  are  the  statistics  relating  to  operations  at  this 
station  :  — 

Pumps  operated  7,522  hours  30  minutes ;  average,  21  hours  per  day. 

Daily  average  quantity  of  water  pumped  (gallons) 636,000 

Daily  average  quantity  of  coal  consumed  (pounds),    ....  2,184 

Gallons  pumped  per  pound  of  coal, 291 

Average  lift  in  feet 136 

Cost  of  pumping :  — 

Labor, $3,152  88 

Fuel, 2,591  27 

Repairs  and  small  supplies, 329  53 

Total  for  station, f 6,073  68 

Cost  per  million  gallons  pumped, $26.173 

Cost  per  million  gallons  raised  1  foot  high, 0.192 

The  quantity  of  water  pumped  was  132,000  gallons  per  day,  or 
26.2  per  cent,  greater  than  during  the  year  1904.  The  increase 
in  cost  of  operation  was  14.3  per  cent.  The  cost  per  million  gal- 
lons pumped  was  $2.626  less  than  during  the  previous  year. 

One  of  the  54-inch  vertical  boilers  was  repaired  by  putting  in  new 
tube  sheets.  The  work  was  done  by  the  Atlantic  Works  at  a  cost 
of  $169.  A  Westinghouse  locomotive  type  air  compressor  was  in- 
stalled at  this  station,  for  use  in  filling  the  air  chambers  on  the 
pumps. 

Arlington  Pumping  Station. 

All  water  supplied  to  the  town  of  Lexington  and  to  the  high- 
service  district  of  Arlington  was  pumped  at  this  station. 

The  following  are  the  statistics  relating  to  operations  at  this 
station  :  — 

Pumps  operated  8,755  hours  45  minutes  ;  average  24  hours  per  day. 

Daily  average  quantity  of  water  pumped  (gallons),     ....  585,000 

Daily  average  quantity  of  coal  consumed  (pounds),      ....  3,564 

Gallons  pumped  per  pound  of  coal, 164 

Average  lift  in  feet, 282 


No.  57.] 


AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD. 


121 


Cost  of  pumping :  — 

Labor 

Fuel 

Repairs  and  small  supplies, 


$3,207  18 

2,326  20 

253  87 


Total  for  station, $5,7«7  25 


Cost  per  million  gallons  pumped, 

Cost  per  million  gallons  raised  1  foot  high, 


f27.119 
0.096 


The  quantity  pumped  was  68,000  gallons  per  day,  or  13.2  per 
cent,  greater  than  during  the  year  1904.  The  cost  per  million  gal- 
lons pumped  was  $1.08  less,  due  to  increase  in  the  amount  of  water 
pumped,  while  the  cost  of  operation  did  not  increase  in  the  same 
proportion. 

On  July  19  one  of  the  water  plunger  rods  on  the  Blake  compound 
pump  broke ;  a  new  rod  was  obtained  and  the  damage  was  repaired 
in  a  few  hours. 

The  building  was  shingled  and  otherwise  repaired. 

CONSUMPTION  OF  WATER. 

The  daily  average  quantity  of  water  consumed  in  the  cities  and 
towns  supplied  by  the  Metropolitan  Water  Works  during  the  year 
1905  was  118,398,000  gallons,  equal  to  131.2  gallons  per  inhabitant 
in  the  district  supplied.  In  addition  to  the  above,  269,170,000 
gallons  were  supplied  to  the  city  of  Cambridge,  4,000,000  gallons 
were  supplied  to  the  town  of  Wakefield,  and  1,608,000  gallons  were 
supplied  to  the  United  States  Government  Reservation  on  Peddock's 
Island,  making  a  total  so  supplied  of  274,778,000  gallons,  equiva- 
lent to  a  daily  average  rate  of  753,000  gallons. 

The  consumption  in  the  several  districts  was  as  follows :  — 


Gallons 
per  Day. 

Increase 
(Gallons 
per  Day). 

Southern  low-service  district,  embracing  the  low-service  district  of  Boston, 
with  the  exception  of  Charlestown  and  East  Boston  
Northern  low-service  district,  embracing  the  low-service  districts  of  Somer- 
ville,  Chelsea,  Maiden,  Medford,  Everett,  Arlington,  Charlestown  and  East 

47,106,000 
28  436  000 

570,000  i 
827,000 

Southern  high-service  district,  embracing  the  hUh-service  districts  of  Boston, 
Quincy,  Watertown,  Belmont,  and  a  portion  of  Milton,  
Northern  high-service  district,  embracing  Melrose,  Reveie,  Winthrop.Swamp- 
scott,  Nahant  and  Stoneham,  and  the  high-service  districts  of  Somerville, 
Chelsea,  Maiden,  Medford,  Everett  and  East  Boston,        
Southern  extra  high-service  district,  embracing  the  highest  portions  of  West 
Roxbury  and  Milton,      
Northern  extra  high-service  district,  embracing  Lexington  and  the  highest 

33,409,000 

8,226,000 
636,000 
585  000 

2,799,000 

233,000 
132,000 
68  000 

118  398  000 

3  489  000 

1  Decrease. 


122 


METROPOLITAN   WATER 


[Pub.  Doc. 


The  area  of  the  several  districts  remains  substantially  the  same  as 
in  1904.  The  average  daily  rate  of  consumption  for  the  past  year 
has  increased  3,489,000  gallons. 

During  the  year  continuous  measurements  have  been  made  by 
means  of  Venturi  meters  of  the  water  consumed  in  each  city  and 
town  supplied  from  the  Metropolitan  Works.  From  these  measure- 
ments can  be  determined  the  consumption  of  water  at  any  hour  of 
the  day  in  any  city  or  town ;  and  in  cases  where  the  city  or  town  is 

Average  Rate  of  Consumption  in  Metropolitan  Water  District  and  Average  Tem- 
perature of  Air  at  Chestnut  Hill  Reservoir  for  Each  Week  during  1905. 

Dec. 


Jan.     Feb.    Mar.    Apr      May.   June.  July.   AUCJ.  Sept   Oct. 


Nov. 


-M  7  Heiffl4  II  I8Z54  II  18 25  I   8I522?96  1320273  10I724I  8  I5Z2295  121926?  3  163307  14  21  284  II  18  32  9  162330 


7  HZIZ84  H  18  25 


&6  1320273  101724  I   8  15  2229     1219262  3  16  2330  7  1421284  II  18  25  2  9  162330 


Jan      Feb.     Mar.     Apr.        May.  June-  July.       Aua.    Sept-.     Oct.      Nov.       Dec 
Average  Rate  of  Consumption  for  each  week,  thus  E^j 

,i    between  I  and  4- A.M. for  each  week  thus  18£&<S 


No.  57.] 


AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD. 


123 


divided  into  low  and  high  service  districts,  the  rate  of  consumption 
in  each  of  these  districts  can  also  be  determined. 

The  diagram  on  the  preceding  page  shows  the  average  rate  of  con- 
sumption in  the  district  supplied  by  the  Metropolitan  Works  for  each 
week  during  the  year,  also  the  rate  of  consumption  between  the  hours 
of  1  and  4  A.M.,  and  the  average  temperature  of  the  air  for  the  week. 
It  will  be  noticed  that  the  largest  consumption  of  water  occurred  during 
the  weeks  when  the  temperature  was  lowest,  and  during  the  coldest 
weather  the  rate  of  consumption  between  the  hours  of  1  and  4  A.M. 
is  abnormally  high.  This  abnormally  high  night  rate  in  cold  weather, 
however,  does  not  occur  in  cities  and  towns  where  water  supplied  to 
the  consumers  is  metered. 

A  comparison  of  the  diagram  here  given  with  the  corresponding 
diagram  for  the  year  1904  shows  that  half  of  the  increase  in  the  con- 
sumption of  water  over  that  of  the  previous  year  is  attributable  to 
the  increase  in  the  amount  of  leakage  and  waste  as  indicated  by  the 
consumption  during  the  hours  from  1  to  4  A.M. 

The  daily  average  consumption  of  water  in  each  of  the  cities  and 
towns  supplied  from  the  Metropolitan  Works  during  the  years  1904 
and  1905,  as  measured  by  the  Venturi  meters,  was  as  follows :  — 


Estimated 
Population. 
1905. 

DAILY  ATBBAGE  CONSUMPTION. 

1904. 

1909. 

Gallons. 

Gallons 
per  Capita. 

Gallons. 

Gallons 
per  Capita. 

596,170 
69,510 
38,180 
37,390 
29,270 
28,100 
19,720 
14,350 
12,930 
11,300 
9,710 
7,060 
7,070 
6,320 
4,370 
4,060 
1,840 
6,080 

87,680,300 
6,228,300 
1,868,000 
4,260,500 
2,624,400 
2,823,200 
.    1,802,900 
1,525,100 
933,000 
623,600 
752,400 
316,300 
742,300 
558,300 
248,800 
282,700 
131,000 
521,200 

113,922,300 

149 
92 
50 
116 
93 
103 
93 
109 
75 
57 
79 
45 
108 
89 
58 
72 
69 
88 
128 

89,743,900 
6,160,900 
2,019,500 
4,091,200 
2,592,400 
3,050,100 
1,921,800 
1,601,100 
1,006,800 
790,700 
787,700 
320,900 
798,300 
514,000 
266,300 
299,100 
136,600 
534,600 
116,635,900 

151 
89 
53 

no 

89 
109 
97 
112 
78 
70 
81 
45 
113 
81 
61 
74 
74 
88 

129 

Somerville 

Maiden  
Chelsea 

Everett,         

Medford,        

Melrose  

Watertown,  

Milton  

Stoneham       .                         . 

Belmont,       

Nahant  

District  

903,430 

124  METROPOLITAN  WATER  [Pub.  Doc. 

The  figures  in  the  column  headed  "Gallons  per  Capita"  for  1904 
are  based  upon  a  revised  estimate  of  the  population  for  that  year, 
which  has  been  made  since  the  census  of  1905  became  available. 

The  estimated  population  of  the  last  three  towns  in  the  list  differs 
materially  from  that  given  by  the  census.  In  Lexington,  owing  to 
the  large  number  who  do  not  take  water  from  the  public  supply, 
500  has  been  deducted  from  the  total  population  of  the  town.  In 
Nahant  and  Swampscott,  on  the  other  hand,  there  is  a  large  summer 
population  which  takes  water  but  is  not  included  in  the  census  fig- 
ures. The  estimated  population  of  each  of  these  places  is  therefore 
increased  920  above  the  population  based  upon  the  census  figures. 

It  will  be  noticed  that  there  has  been  about  the  same  proportionate 
increase  in  the  consumption  of  water  in  Boston  and  in  the  remain- 
ing cities  and  towns  taken  as  a  whole,  notwithstanding  the  fact  that 
the  cities  and  towns  other  than  Boston  have  reason  to  be  especially 
interested  in  diminishing  the  consumption  of  water,  because,  under 
the  provisions  of  chapter  426  of  the  Acts  of  the  year  1904,  the 
measurements  of  the  water  used  by  each  of  these  municipalities  dur- 
ing the  year  1905  will  be  used  in  determining  the  assessment  to  be 
paid  by  each  in  1906.  It  would  not  be  fair,  however,  to  assume 
that  the  provisions  of  this  chapter  will  not  effect  a  saving  of  water 
in  the  outlying  cities  and  towns,  as  measures  are  being  taken  in 
many  of  them  to  introduce  meters  on  the  individual  services,  and 
when  these  meters  are  applied,  they  will  undoubtedly  restrict  to  a 
large  extent  the  waste  of  water  in  places  where  the  meters  are  used. 
The  consumption  of  water  by  each  municipality  for  each  month  of 
the  year  is  given  in  Appendix  No.  3,  Table  No.  22. 

The  autographic  records  furnished  by  the  Venturi  meters  continue 
to  give  information  regarding  unusual  drafts  of  water,  and  assistance 
has  been  rendered  to  local  water  departments  by  notifying  them  of 
the  increase  of  flow  caused  by  leaks  and  by  gates  left  open  between 
high  and  low  service  districts. 

The  consumption  of  water  in  the  cities  and  towns  supplied  from 
the  Metropolitan  Water  Works,  as  measured  by  the  meters,  is  some- 
what less  than  the  quantity  supplied  to  the  District,  as  determined 
by  pump  measurements,  and  by  the  flow  in  the  Weston  Aqueduct  as 
measured  by  a  Venturi  meter.  This  difference  is  in  large  part  ac- 
counted for  by  the  quantity  of  water  used  at  the  pumping  stations, 
and  by  leakage  from  the  pipe  lines  and  reservoirs  of  the  distribution 
system,  this  use  and  leakage  not  being  measured  by  the  meters. 


No.  57.] 


AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD. 


125 


QUALITY  OF  THE  WATER. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  every  two  months  from  seventeen 
points,  and  monthly  from  four  points  on  the  works,  and  sent  to  the 
State  Board  of  Health  for  analysis  and  examination.  Samples  of 
water  were  also  collected  each  week  from  many  points  upon  the 
works,  and  examined  microscopically  and  for  color,  odor,  taste  and 
turbidity  by  the  biological  force  of  the  Metropolitan  Water  and 
Sewerage  Board. 

The  quality  of  the  water  furnished  has  been  substantially  the  same 
as  during  the  past  three  years,  except  that  the  microscopic  organ- 
isms have  been  considerably  more  abundant,  especially  in  the  autumn, 
causing  at  times  an  increase  in  the  amount  of  taste  and  odor  of  the 
water,  but  the  taste  and  odor  have  not  been  such  as  to  cause  com- 
plaint from  the  water  takers. 

The  following  table  gives  a  comparison  of  the  average  results  of 
the  examinations  of  water  from  a  tap  in  Boston  for  the  years  1900  to 
1905,  inclusive :  — 


1900. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903- 

1904. 

1905. 

State  Board  of  Health  Examinations. 

Color  (Nessler  standard), 

0.24 

0.24 

0.26 

0.25 

0.23 

0.23 

Total  residue  

3.80 

4.43 

3.93 

3.98 

3.93 

3.86 

Loss  on  ignitlOD,       

1.20 

1.64 

1.56 

1.50 

1.59 

1.59 

Free  ammonia,  

0.0012 

0.0013 

0.0016 

0.0013 

0.0023 

0.0020 

t  total, 

0.0157 

0.0158 

0.0139 

0.0125 

0.0139 

0.0145 

Albuminoid  ammonia,  ]  dissolved, 

0.0138 

0.0143 

0.0119 

0.0110 

0.0121 

0.0124 

(  suspended, 

0.0019 

0.0015 

0.0020 

0.0015 

0.0018 

0.0021 

Chlorine  

0.25 

0.30 

0.29 

0.30 

0.34 

0.35 

Nitrogen  as  nitrates,         .... 

0.0076 

0.0173 

0.0092 

0.0142 

0.0110 

0.0083 

Nitrogen  as  nitrites,          .... 

0.0001 

0.0001 

0.0001 

0.0001 

0.0001 

0.0001 

0.38 

0  42 

0.40 

0.39 

0.37 

0.35 

Hardness  

1.3 

1.7 

1.3 

1.5 

1.5 

1.4 

Metropolitan  Water  and  Sewerage 

Board  Examinations. 

Color  (platinum  standard), 
Turbidity           

34 

34 
2.0 

33 
2.3 

35 
2.2 

32 
2.4 

1.0 

Total  organisms  

468 

243 

367 

286 

303 

528 

Amorphous  matter  

97 

88 

34 

36 

36 

37 

Bacteria,    

181 

162 

164 

126 

176 

231 

NOTE.  —  Chemical  analyses  are  in  parts  per  100,000,  organisms  and  amorphous  matter  in  standard 
units  per  cubic  centimeter,  and  bacteria  in  number  per  cubic  centimeter.  The  standard  unit  has  an  area 
of  400  square  microns,  and  by  its  use  the  number  of  diatomaceae  are  decreased,  and  the  number  of 
chlorophyceaB  and  cyanophyceaa  are  very  much  increased,  as  compared  with  the  number  of  organisms. 

More  than  8  per  cent,  of  the  water  supplied  to  the  Metropolitan 
District  passes  through  Spot  Pond,  in  which  the  color  is,  by  the 
bleaching  action  due  to  long  storage,  reduced  to  about  three-fourths 
of  the  color  of  the  water  supplied  to  the  remainder  of  the  District. 


126  METROPOLITAN  WATER  [Pub.  Doc. 

BIOLOGICAL  LABORATORY. 

On  July  1,  Burton  Gr.  Philbrick,  biologist  in  charge  of  the  labora- 
tory, resigned,  his  resignation  taking  effect  on  July  6.  The  vacancy 
was  filled  by  the  appointment  on  July  13  of  Arthur  W.  Walker. 

During  the  year  2,595  microscopical  and  604  bacterial  examina- 
tions have  been  made  at  the  laboratory  of  the  Board  at  1  Ashburton 
Place,  Boston.  Of  the  microspical  examinations,  1,977  were  of  the 
regular  samples  collected  weekly  from  thirty-seven  points  and  fort- 
nightly from  five  points  on  the  works,  while  the  remaining  618  were 
special  examinations. 

In  the  Wachusett  Reservoir  there  has  been  an  increase,  as  com- 
pared with  the  previous  year,  in  the  number  of  organisms,  but  they 
were  not  such  as  to  cause  disagreeable  odors.  The  average  color  has 
been  much  lower  than  that  of  the  previous  year. 

In  the  Sudbury  Reservoir  and  Framingham  Reservoir  No.  3  the 
microscopic  organisms,  while  quite  abundant,  gave  no  trouble. 

In  Lake  Cochituate  the  organisms  were  unusually  abundant,  and 
at  different  times  during  the  year  large  growths  of  Synura,  Uroglena 
and  Chlamydomonas  caused  considerable  trouble  ;  that  of  Synura  in 
January,  and  Uroglena  from  May  to  July,  were  so  abundant  as  to 
render  the  water  for  the  time  being  unsuitable  for  use,  and  the  flow 
through  the  aqueduct  was  consequently  stopped. 

The  bacteriological  work  for  the  year  consisted  of  routine  weekly 
examinations,  monthly  examinations  of  the  main  feeders  of  the 
Sudbury  Reservoir,  of  Framingham  Reservoir  No.  3  and  of  Lake 
Cochituate,  and  monthly  tests  of  the  efficiency  of  the  Pegan  and 
Marlborough  brook  filters.  A  total  of  604  samples  were  examined. 

SANITARY  INSPECTION. 

The  sanitary  inspection  of  the  Wachusett,  Sudbury  and  Cochit- 
uate watersheds  has  been  continued  during  the  year,  under  the 
direction  of  William  W.  Locke,  C.E.,  Sanitary  Inspector. 

There  were  13  reported  cases  of  typhoid  fever  upon  the  Wachusett 
watershed;  12  in  Holden  and  1  in  Princeton.  In  Holden  8  of  the 
cases  occurred  at  nearly  the  same  time  in  August  in  three  families, 
and  at  each  house  there  was  evidence  that  the  well,  which  was  under 
the  house,  was  polluted  from  a  defective  sink  drain.  One  of  these 
drains,  which  emptied  directly  into  a  stream  within  the  watershed, 


No.  57.]  AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD.  127 

was  at  once  diverted  temporarily  into  barrels  which  were  regularly 
emptied,  until  a  satisfactory  permanent  method  of  disposal  could  be 
provided.  On  the  Sudbury  and  Cochituate  watersheds  the  total 
number  of  typhoid  fever  cases  reported  was  27  ;  12  in  Marlborough, 
7  in  Framingham,  3  in  Southborough,  2  in  Westborough,  1  in  Hop- 
kinton  and  2  in  Wayland. 

The  contract  work  at  the  Wachusett  Reservoir  is  now  nearly 
finished,  which  has  caused  the  laborers  and  those  connected  with 
them  to  go  to  other  places,  and  has  permitted  the  removal  of  many 
buildings  in  and  about  the  reservoir.  The  buildings  removed  in 
West  Boylston  in  1905  included  36  dwellings,  6  barns,  1  store  and 
1  police  station,  a  total  of  44,  which  added  to  the  271  buildings 
removed  in  former  years,  makes  a  total  of  315  buildings  removed 
to  date  in  this  town. 

It  is  of  interest  to  note  that  very  little  sickness  developed  among 
the  laborers  or  their  families  during  the  eight  years  of  contract  work 
upon  the  site  of  the  reservoir,  and  that  there  were  only  12  cases  of 
typhoid  fever  during  that  period. 

During  the  year  the  town  of  Holden  has  introduced  a  public 
water  supply  which  covers  all  of  the  principal  villages  in  the  town, 
but  as  yet  not  many  house  connections  have  been  made.  When 
this  system  is  in  full  working  order,  it  will  be  much  more  difficult 
to  maintain  the  purity  of  the  water  in  the  streams  in  and  near  the 
villages,  and  some  action  will  probably  be  necessary  in  the  near 
future  to  maintain  the  purity  of  this  portion  of  the  water  supply. 

On  the  Sudbury  watershed  man}^  men  have  been  employed  by  the 
street  and  steam  railways  in  double-tracking  portions  of  their  sys- 
tems, and  short  sections  of  State  road  have  been  built,  all  of  this 
requiring  special  inspection  to  prevent  the  pollution  of  the  waters 
by  the  workmen. 

At  the  Fay  School,  in  Southborough,  additions  were  made  to  the 
sewage- disposal  system  which  should  improve  the  conditions  ma- 
terially. 

A  new  sanitary  census  of  the  Wachusett,  Sudbury  and  Cochituate 
watersheds  was  begun  in  1904,  similar  to  that  taken  in  1902  on  the 
Wachusett  watershed,  and  was  completed  during  the  year  1905. 
The  census  has  been  tabulated  both  by  municipalities  and  by  dis- 
tricts, and  the  results  are  presented  in  the  following  tables :  — 


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A  summary  of  the  work  of  sanitary  inspection  for  1905  is  given  in 
the  following  four  tables.  The  first  table  shows  for  the  Wachusett 
watershed  the  number  of  premises  inspected,  the  classification  of 
cases  inspected,  and  the  condition  of  the  premises  at  the  end  of  the 
year ;  the  second  table  gives  the  corresponding  information  for  the 
Sudbury  and  Cochituate  watersheds ;  the  third  table  shows  the  im- 
provements effected  on  the  Wachusett  watershed ;  and  the  fourth 
table  the  improvements  effected  on  the  Sudbury  and  Cochituate 
watersheds. 

The  headings  of  these  tables  explain  themselves,  except  in  a  few 
instances:  under  the  heading  " Premises  Vacant "  are  included  all 
cases  which  at  present  furnish  no  objectionable  drainage,  but  which 
might  furnish  such  drainage  if  the  premises  were  occupied ;  under 
the  heading  "  Unsatisfactory  "  are  included  all  cases  where  there  may 
be,  under  the  most  unfavorable  conditions,  wash  from  privies  or 
direct  sink  drainage,  all  suspected  cases,  and  all  cases  of  manufactur- 
ing wastes  entering  feeders,  even  though  there  may  be  some  attempt 
at  previous  purification. 

In  the  third  and  fourth  tables  no  cases  are  entered  as  remedied 
unless  complete  sewer  connections  have  been  made,  or  all  proba- 
bility of  future  contamination  has  been  removed  ;  and  no  cases  are 
entered  as  partly  remedied  except  where  positive  improvement  in 
the  sanitary  condition  has  been  effected. 

Summary  of  Sanitary  Inspections  on  the  Wachusett  Watershed  in  1905. 


DISTRICT. 

Number  of  Premises 
inspected.1 

CLASSIFICATION  or  CASES  INSPECTED. 

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Drainage. 

Indirect  Sink 
Drainage. 

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Manufacturing 
Wastes. 

Premises 
Vacant. 

French  Brook,      . 
Muddy  Brook,      . 
Gates  Brook, 
Maiden  Brook, 

80 
32 
130 
17 
150 
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148 
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26 

7 

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14 
9 
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132 
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Chaflin  Brook, 
Asnebumskit  Brook,   . 

South  Wachuaett  Brook, 
Trout  Brook, 
East  Wachusett  Brook, 
SUllwater  River,  . 
Waushacum, 
French  Hill 

Totals  

1  On  some  premises  there  were  2  or  more  cases. 

*  Not  including  206  summer  cottages  located  near  the  Wauahacum  Lakes. 


No.  57.] 


AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD. 


133 


Summary  of  Sanitary  Inspections  on  the  Sudbury  and  Cochituate  Watersheds  in 

1905. 


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92 

183 

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42 

49 

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56 

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46 

1,150 

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1  On  some  premises  there  are  2  or  more  cases. 


Sanitary  Improvements  effected  on  the  Wachusett  Watershed  in  1905. 


DISTRICT. 

Remedied.* 

Partly 
remedied. 

g 

Muddy  Brook       

2 

| 

Maiden  Brook  
Chaffin  Brook       .                        ... 

5 

10 

2 

6 

South  Wachnsett  Brook  

8 
1 

- 

1 

_ 

20 
2 

- 

French  Dill                                   .       .                

11 

1 

74 

13 

Including  buildings  burned,  torn  down  or  removed. 


134 


.METROPOLITAN   WATER 


[Pub.  Doc. 


Sanitary  Improvements    effected   on   the    Sudbury  and  Cochituate   Watersheds 

in  1905. 


Remedied  by 
Sewer 


Otherwise 
remedied.1 


Cesspools 

Purtlv  abandoned 

remedt     f  A-unt  of 
Connections. 


Sudbury  Watershed. 

Farm  Pond, 12 

Framingham  Reservoir  No.  3, 

Stony  Brook, 

Angle  Brook 42 

Framingham  Reservoirs  Nos.  1  and  2,  and 

Cold  Spring  Brook. 
Eastern  Sudbury, 

Indian  Brook 

Western  Sudbury 

Whitehall  Reservoir 

Cedar  Swamp 9 

Cochituate  Watershed. 

Snake  Brook 

Pegan  Brook, 44 

Course  Brook, 

Beaver  Dam  Brook, 

Dug  Pond 

Totals 161 


1  Including  buildings  burned,  torn  down  or  removed. 

Considerable  work  has  been  done  upon  the  Wachusett  watershed 
in  the  building  of  new  cesspools  and  cemented  vaults,  as  well  as  by 
the  removal  of  buildings,  already  noted.  A  total  of  74  cases  were 
remedied  and  48  new  cesspools  were  dug. 

The  making  of  sewer  connections  in  the  various  towns  has  pro- 
gressed somewhat  faster  than  in  the  past. 

In  Natick  fixtures  were  installed  and  sewer  connections  made  with 
64  houses,  against  51  the  preceding  year,  and  there  are  now  718 
houses  connected  with  the  sewer. 

In  South  Framingham  46  houses  have  been  connected  with  the 
sewer,  against  45  the  preceding  year,  making  a  total  of  911  houses 
connected  with  the  sewer. 

In  Marlborough  there  have  been  45  connections,  against  35  the  pre- 
ceding year.  There  are  now  1,398  houses  connected  with  the  sewer. 


No.  57.]  AND    SEWERAGE   BOARD.  135 

In  Westborough  9  connections  were  made  this  year,  against  13 
the  preceding  year,  and  to  date  only  295  premises  have  sewer  con- 
nections. 

DRAINAGE  OF  SWAMPS. 

On  the  ditches  tributary  to  the  open  channel  it  has  been  necessary 
during  the  year  to  replace  15  wooden  bridges  across  the  ditches  and 
to  repair  2  others,  at  a  total  cost  of  $220.  The  usual  work  at  these 
ditches  has  been  done  by  the  regular  attendants. 

The  drainage  ditches  in  the  vicinity  of  the  Sudbury  Reservoir 
were  cleaned  twice  during  the  year,  and  in  August  the  brush  was 
cut  for  a  width  of  about  10  feet  on  each  side  of  the  ditches. 

DISTRIBUTING  RESERVOIRS. 

The  distributing  reservoirs  maintained  by  the  Board  are  the  Wes- 
ton  and  Chestnut  Hill  reservoirs,  the  Waban  Hill  and  Forbes  Hill 
reservoirs  and  the  Forbes  Hill  standpipe  of  the  southern  high-ser- 
vice system ;  Spot  Pond  and  the  Mystic  Reservoir,  near  Tufts  Col- 
lege, of  the  northern  low-service  system ;  the  Fells  and  Bear  Hill 
reservoirs  of  the  northern  high-service  system ;  and  the  Arlington 
standpipe  of  the  northern  extra  high-service  system. 

Weston  Reservoir. 

The  grounds  about  the  reservoir  have  been  kept  in  good  order. 
The  old  Upham  house  on  Ash  Street  was  extensively  repaired,  and 
has  been  occupied  since  September  by  one  of  the  employes. 

Chestnut  Hill  Reservoir. 

In  addition  to  the  usual  care  of  the  gate-houses  and  grounds,  re- 
pairs have  been  made  at  this  reservoir  as  follows  :  about  30  square 
yards  of  granolithic  walk  were  laid  in  front  of  the  low-service  station, 
to  replace  that  damaged  by  the  break  in  the  30-inch  pipe  line  in 
February,  1904.  About  2,G50  linear  feet  of  gravel  walks  around  the 
reservoir  were  rebuilt.  The  lawn  in  front  of  the  pumping  stations 
and  the  great  circle  between  the  basins  were  dug  up  and  reseeded  in 
the  fall.  A  considerable  amount  of  work  was  done  repairing  windows 
and  setting  glass  in  effluent  gate-houses  Xos.  1  and  2  and  the  terminal 
chamber.  The  ironwork  was  cleaned  and  painted  in  the  influent  and 
intermediate  gate-houses,  in  the  small  gate-house  over  the  Cochituate 


136  METROPOLITAN   WATER  [Pub.  Doc. 

Aqueduct  on  Reservoir  Lane,  and  in  the  screen-chamber  in  the  high- 
service  station.  Gypsy  moths  in  large  numbers  made  their  first 
appearance  here,  and  much  time  was  spent  in  destroying  their  nests. 
More  brown-tail  moths  were  found  than  in  any  previous  year. 

Waban  Hill  Reservoir. 

The  reservoir  and  gate-house  are  in  good  condition.  The  banks 
of  the  reservoir  have  been  loamed,  seeded  and  rolled,  and  the  iron- 
work in  the  gate-house  has  been  cleaned  and  painted. 

Forbes  Hill  Reservoir  and  Standpipe. 

The  woodwork  and  the  ironwork  of  the  tower  and  reservoir  gate- 
chamber,  and  the  iron  railing  around  the  reservoir,  have  been  kept 
painted  by  the  attendant. 

Spot  Pond. 

While  repairs  were  being  made  to  the  Weston  Aqueduct,  water 
was  drawn  from  the  pond  for  the  supply  of  the  District  from  Janu- 
ary 25  to  February  20,  and  the  water  fell  to  about  4  feet  below 
high  water;  on  April  1  it  had  risen  to  within  6  inches  of  high 
water.  During  repairs  to  the  Sudbury  Aqueduct,  water  was  drawn 
from  the  pond  from  April  11  to  April  23,  and  the  water  fell  to 
about  2  feet  below  high  water.  From  the  middle  of  May  until  the 
end  of  the  year  the  pond  has  remained  at  or  near  high  water  except 
from  September  2  to  September  9,  when  heavy  rains  caused  it  to 
rise  about  6  inches  above  high  water.  The  reservoir  and  grounds 
about  the  pumping  station  are  in  good  condition.  The  Bottume 
house  has  been  repaired,  and  is  now  occupied  by  the  foreman.  In 
the  meadow  off  South  Street,  Stoneham,  130  feet  of  5-inch  tile  drain 
were  laid,  to  replace  3-inch  which  had  proved  too  small.  For  the 
double  purpose  of  improving  the  character  of  the  wooded  areas  and  of 
reducing  the  number  of  trees  to  be  protected  from  gypsy  and  brown- 
tail  moths,  a  large  number  of  trees  on  the  thickly  wooded  areas  have 
been  cut  down.  About  563  cords  of  wood  and  253  logs  were  cut 
and  piled.  Between  February  24  and  July  21  creosote  was  applied 
to  the  egg  clusters  of  the  gypsy  moth,  and  bands  of  burlap  and  of 
tanglefoot  were  placed  around  the  trees,  and  the  foliage  was  sprayed 
with  disparene.  A  large  number  of  caterpillars,  however,  appeared 
in  the  spring  from  off  the  ground,  due,  probably,  to  broken  egg 


Xo.  57.]  AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD.  137 

clusters  accidentally  scraped  from  the  trees  which  were  cut  down 
during  the  winter.  Tanglefoot  was  applied  to  each  tree  as  soon  as 
the  new  caterpillars  were  discovered,  but  not  soon  enough  to  prevent 
thousands  from  getting  into  the  trees.  At  several  points  windrows 
of  hay  sprinkled  with  gas  oil  were  used  to  prevent  the  caterpillars 
from  entering  the  property  of  the  Board  from  surrounding  land 
which  had  not  been  protected.  As  a  result  of  these  measures,  the 
foliage  on  the  trees  on  the  land  of  the  Board  was  injured  but  very 
little,  and  showed  a  marked  contrast  to  that  on  adjoining  property. 

Mystic  Reservoir, 

The  reservoir  had  not  been  cleaned  for  thirteen  years,  and  on 
September  16  it  was  shut  off  and  drained  for  that  purpose.  With 
the  exception  of  two  cracks,  the  brick  lining  was  found  to  be  in  good 
condition.  An  accumulation  of  about  3  inches  of  silt  was  found  on 
the  bottom  of  the  two  basins,  260  cubic  yards  of  which  was  hoisted 
out  and  spread  on  the  banks,  and  the  remainder  washed  out  through 
the  drain.  The  cement  covering  on  the  30-inch  pipe  through  the 
easterly  basL.  was  found  to  be  badly  cracked,  and  was  removed, 
the  pipe  cleaned,  painted  with  vulcanite  and  again  covered  with  a 
mixture  of  1  part  of  Portland  cement  to  3  parts  of  sand.  The  work 
of  refilling  began  on  October  6,  the  reservoir  having  been  shut  off 
for  nineteen  days.  In  addition  to  the  silt  from  the  reservoir,  19 
cords  of  manure  was  spread  upon  the  banks.  The  tin  roof  of  the 
gate-house  has  been  extensively  repaired  and  the  exterior  painted, 
the  stonework  of  the  reservoir  partially  repointed,  and  the  trees 
cleared  of  moths.  A  local  police  officer  was  on  duty  on  Sunday 
afternoons  and  evenings  during  May  and  June,  to  assist  the  attend- 
ant in  preserving  order. 

Fells  and  Bear  Hill  Reservoirs. 

In  order  to  keep  out  the  rain,  metal  tops  were  placed  on  the 
chimneys  on  the  gate-houses  at  both  reservoirs.  The  reservoirs, 
with  their  gate-houses  and  grounds,  are  in  good  order. 

Arlington  Standpipe. 
The  standpipe  has  been  in  service  throughout  the  entire  year. 


138  METROPOLITAN   WATER  [Pub.  Doc. 

Mystic  Lake. 

The  water  in  the  lake  was  kept  from  2^  to  3  feet  below  hi^h 
water  from  the  first  of  January  until  the  last  of  April.  From  this 
time  until  the  end  of  the  year  it  was  kept  from  1^  to  2  feet  below 
high  water,  and  on  January  1,  1906,  stood  at  elevation  15.50  above 
Boston  City  Base,  or  iy2  feet  below  high-water  mark.  The  work 
here  has  consisted  principally  of  destroying  moths,  cutting  and 
burning  underbrush  and  repairing  fishway.  The  Medford  Boat  Club 
has  had  shingled  the  roofs  of  the  buildings  which  they  use  for  the 
storage  of  boats. 

PIPE  LINES. 

Sixteen  leaks  were  repaired  on  the  pipes,  at  a  cost  of  $474.95. 
The  only  break  in  the  pipe  lines  occurred  on  October  28,  near  the 
low-service  pumping  station  at  Chestnut  Hill,  in  the  36-inch  force 
main  to  Fisher  Hill  Reservoir.  The  repairing  of  this  break,  which 
was  caused  by  uneven  settlement,  cost  $180.78,  exclusive  of  the 
work  remaining  to  be  done  on  the  lawn  and  walk. 

The  supply  pipe  line  was  out  of  service  from  March  5  to  March 
14,  while  masons  were  working  in  the  Weston  Aqueduct.  The 
river  crossings  were  tested  in  the  spring  and  fall  as  usual,  and  in 
October  it  was  necessary  to  secure  the  services  of  a  diver  to  repair 
four  joints  in  the  Mystic  River  and  one  joint  in  the  Charles  River 
which  were  found  to  be  leaking  badly. 

In  order  to  allow  shutting  off  the  supply  to  Orient  Heights,  when 
necessary,  without  interfering  with  the  flow  to  Winthrop,  a  12-inch 
valve  was  placed  in  the  line  at  Atlantic  and  Crescent  avenues,  Re- 
vere. The  work  of  making  connections  between  the  pump  in  the 
low-service  station  at  Chestnut  Hill  and  the  36-inch  force  main  to 
Fisher  Hill  Reservoir  was  begun  early  in  November,  and  is  still  in 
progress.  Considerable  work  was  done  on  valve  chambers  to  make 
them  conform  to  the  new  grades  established  for  streets  in  various 
parts  of  the  Metropolitan  District. 

All  the  pipe  bridges  with  the  exception  of  the  Western  Avenue 
bridge  over  the  Saugus  River  have  been  cleaned  and  painted,  and 
the  stonework  in  the  abutments  of  the  Mystic  River  pipe  bridge  was 
repointed. 

Twenty-one  recording  pressure  gages  are  now  in  use,  connected 
with  the  distribution  system  at  different  points.  The  average  maxi- 


No.  57.]  AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD.  139 

mum  and  minimum  elevations  of  the  water,  due  to  the  pressure  at 
seventeen  points  in  different  parts  of  the  District,  are  given  in  Ap- 
pendix No.  3,  Table  No.  38. 

METERED  CONNECTIONS. 

The  number  of  metered  connections  with  the  main  pipes  of  cities 
and  towns  in  service  in  the  Metropolitan  Water  District,  on  January 
1,  1906,  was  56,  2  having  been  added  during  the  year.  Of  these 
connections,  54  are  supplied  through  Venturi  meters  and  2  through 
the  ordinary  form  of  water  meter.  Two  new  meters  have  been 
added  during  the  year,  one  on  the  main  supplying  Stoneham,  and 
another  on  the  main  supplying  Breed's  Island  high-service.  The 
first  of  these  was  a  Venturi  meter,  having  a  12-inch  tube  with  a  4-inch 
throat ;  and  the  other  was  a  3-inch  Hersey  disc  meter,  set  in  a  by- 
pass of  small  diameter,  a  large  emergency  flow  being  provided  for 
by  a  weighted  check  valve  placed  in  the  12-inch  pipe  from  which  the 
meter  by-pass  was  taken.  The  20-inch  Venturi  meter  at  Webster 
Avenue  and  Newton  Street,  Somerville,  was  replaced  with  a  24-inch 
meter. 

The  outside  operation  and  maintenance  have  continued  to  be  cared 
for  by  two  men,  who,  besides  the  work  of  reading  and  winding  the 
registers,  have  cleaned,  oiled,  painted  and  repaired  the  registers 
and  chambers. 

As  no  further  trouble  from  freezing  of  the  water  in  the  registers 
was  experienced  with  the  seven  meter  tanks  treated  last  year  with 
an  insulated  coating  of  pitch  and  cork,  six  more  tanks,  with  which 
similar  trouble  had  been  experienced,  have  been  treated  in  like  man- 
ner. This  work  was  done  by  the  maintenance  force,  at  a  cost  of 
about  $48.50  per  chamber,  or  $21.50  less  per  chamber  than  last  year. 

ELECTROLYSIS. 

Investigations  of  the  electrical  conditions  surrounding  the  pipes  in 
the  Distribution  System  have  been  continued  during  the  year.  A 
complete  voltmeter  survey  of  the  entire  district  was  made  about 
April  1,  and  another  about  November  1.  A  large  number  of  mis- 
cellaneous investigations  have  also  been  conducted  in  connection 
with  experimental  work  pertaining  to  electrolysis  of  water  pipes. 
The  distribution  and  magnitude  of  the  differences  of  electrical  po- 
tential, or  electrical  pressures,  and  of  the  electric  currents  flowing  on 


140  METROPOLITAN   WATER  [Pub.  Doc. 

the  pipes,  which  result  from  these  pressures  and  produce  the  dis- 
integration of  the  pipes,  have  been  obtained  from  the  voltmeter 
surveys. 

With  the  exception  of  the  change  produced  artificially  by  setting 
the  insulation  joints  on  the  two  48-inch  low-service  pipe  lines  con- 
necting the  Chestnut  Hill  pumping  station  and  Spot  Pond,  the  elec- 
trical conditions  have  remained  about  the  same  as  during  1904. 

There  has  probably  been  a  slight  increase  in  the  rate  of  disintegra- 
tion of  the  pipes  in  the  vicinity  of  the  power  stations  in  Chelsea  and 
Lynn,  this  year.  A  thorough  examination  of  the  pipes  in  these  dis- 
tricts was  made  in  1903,  and  about  600  feet  of  12-inch  pipe  line  in 
the  vicinity  of  the  Lynn  power  station,  which  had  been  the  most 
seriously  damaged  by  electrolysis,  was  relaid  with  new  pipe  last 
year.  No  excavations  have  been  made  to  determine  the  conditions 
of  these  pipes  this  year,  as  it  is  difficult  to  determine  definitely  the 
amount  of  injury  done  in  a  short  interval  of  time. 

The  electrical  conditions  surrounding  our  20-inch  pipe  in  Main 
Street,  Stoneham,  and  12-inch  pipe  in  West  Street,  Hyde  Park, 
tend  to  cause  the  disintegration  of  the  pipes.  An  examination  of 
the  pipe  in  West  Street,  Hyde  Park,  was  made  in  June,  1904 ;  and 
it  was  found  that,  on  account  of  the  pipes  being  surrounded  by  dry, 
gravelly  soil,  the  electrolytic  action  was  quite  uniformly  distributed 
over  the  entire  pipe  surface,  and  the  pittings  were  not  very  deep  at 
any  point.  As  the  soil  conditions  in  Main  Street,  Stoneham,  are 
quite  similar  to  those  in  Hyde  Park,  no  attempt  has  been  made  to 
determine  the  extent  of  the  deterioration  of  the  20-inch  pipes  at  this 
place  this  year,  as  it  is  probable  that  it  will  be  several  years  before 
the  disintegration  of  the  iron  will  cause  them  to  be  unsafe. 

At  the  close  of  last  year  the  work  of  setting  insulation  joints  at 
several  points  on  the  pipe  lines  in  the  district  covered  by  the  Boston 
Elevated  Railway  Company  was  in  progress,  and  four  of  the  joints 
had  been  set  in  the  westerly  48-inch  pipe  line  connecting  Chestnut 
Hill  pumping  station  and  Spot  Pond. 

In  January  of  this  year  insulation  joints  were  set  at  two  points  on 
the  easterly  48-inch  pipe  line  connecting  Chestnut  Hill  pumping 
station  and  Spot  Pond.  These  joints  were  set  on  the  electrically 
positive  side  of  the  Charles  and  Mystic  rivers,  for  the  purpose  of 
reversing  the  polarity  of  the  pipes  submerged  under  these  rivers, 
so  that  the  pipes  would  be  negative  instead  of  positive  to  the  sur- 


No.  57.]  AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD.  141 

rounding  earth  and  water,  with  the  result  that  the  electricity  would 
flow  on  to  them  from  the  earth  without  causing  damage,  instead 
of  flowing  from  them  into  the  earth,  and  causing  a  disintegration  of 
the  iron. 

The  joints  are  located  in  Middlesex  Avenue,  Medford,  at  a  point 
about  2,100  feet  north  of  the  shore  of  the  Mystic  River,  and  in  land 
of  the  Commonwealth  which  was  a  portion  of  the  Francis  estate  in 
Boston,  at  a  point  about  200  feet  south  of  the  shore  of  the  Charles 
River. 

The  setting  of  these  joints  completed  all  the  work  which  had  been 
planned,  for  experimental  purposes,  under  an  agreement  with  the 
Boston  Elevated  Railway  Company.  The  total  cost  of  setting  these 
joints  at  the  six  points  on  the  two  48-inch  pipe  lines  was  $3,700.80. 

In  the  last  annual  report  certain  conclusions  were  drawn  from  a 
necessarily  rather  incomplete  investigation  of  the  effect  of  the  insu- 
lation joints  which  had  been  set.  Complete  investigations  made 
during  this  year  have,  however,  confirmed  the  conclusions  reached 
last  year. 

Investigations  made  this  year  show  that  the  reversal  of  the  elec- 
trical condition  of  the  pipe  lines  under  the  Charles  and  Mystic 
rivers  has  been  accomplished  as  anticipated,  as  these  sections  of  the 
pipe  lines  are  now  receiving  about  35  amperes  of  electricity,  instead 
of  losing  about  60  amperes,  as  formerly. 

On  the  portions  of  the  pipe  lines  directly  affected  by  the  insula- 
tion joints  there  has  been  a  substantial  reduction  in  the  amount  of 
electricity  leaving  the  pipes  in  wet  ground  and  in  the  total  amount 
of  electricity  leaving  the  pipe  lines,  but  the  currents  remaining  on 
the  pipes  are  still  of  such  magnitude  as  to  cause  serious  injury  at 
many  points. 

By  creating  new  positive  districts  the  joints  have  caused  a  dis- 
tribution of  the  damage  over  many  portions  of  the  pipe  systems 
where  it  will  be  more  difficult  to  locate  it,  and  in  a  measure  have 
destroyed  the  benefit  which  resulted  from  connecting  the  positive 
bus-bar  to  the  railway  feed  wires,  which  was  done  several  years  ago, 
so  as  to  concentrate  the  injury  to  the  pipes  in  the  district  near  the 
power  station,  where  it  could  be  most  easily  located. 

No  extensive  examination  has  been  made  of  the  pipe  lines  in  any 
of  these  new  positive  districts  on  the  positive  side  of  the  insulation 
joints  where  damage  is  expected  from  electrolysis,  due  to  the  differ- 


142  METROPOLITAN   WATER  [Pub.  Doc. 

ence  of  potential  maintained  across  the  joints,  because  it  would  be 
difficult  to  detect  the  injury  done  in  a  single  year,  except  where  the 
soil  conditions  are  favorable  to  rapid  action ;  but  an  examination  of 
the  top  of  the  flanges  at  insulation  joint  No.  Gin  Middlesex  Avenue, 
where  exposed  in  the  chamber,  revealed  several  distinct  pits  about 
14  of  an  inch  deep  on  the  positive  flange ;  the  negative  flange  was 
unaffected.  This  joint  is  covered  with  water  during  a  considerable 
portion  of  the  year. 

Since  the  insulation  joints  have  been  set,  it  has  been  possible  to 
obtain  a  more  accurate  measure  of  the  total  fall  of  potential  on  the 
Boston  Elevated  tracks  and  return  system  than  in  the  past.  This 
"  return  drop,"  as  it  is  often  called,  was  found  to  average  as  high  as 
20  volts  during  the  "average  load"  periods  and  40  volts  during 
"peak  load"  periods,  which  is  much  in  excess  of  the  7  volts  allowed 
by  the  government  regulations  in  England,  and  an  even  smaller 
limit  allowed  by  the  government  regulations  in  France  and  Ger- 
many. 

Our  investigations  have  shown  that  the  amount  of  injury  to  pipes 
from  electrolysis  in  any  given  district  is  directly  proportional  to 
the  "return  drop;  "  and  that  a  very  large  reduction  in  the  amount 
of  electrolytic  damage  could  be  made  by  the  railway  company, 
by  reducing  the  "  return  drop  "  so  as  to  conform  to  the  foreign 
practice. 

The  "  return  drop  "  on  the  Boston  &  Northern  and  Old  Colony 
street  railways  has  not  been  accurately  obtained,  but  is  somewhat 
larger  than  the  "  return  drop"  on  the  Boston  Elevated  Railway. 

Several  cases  of  damage  to  the  local  water  pipes  from  electrolysis 
have  been  discovered  in  Boston,  Chelsea,  Cambridge  and  Hyde 
Park  during  the  year,  which  were  due  to  the  bonding  of  the  under- 
ground telephone  cable  sheaths  to  the  tracks,  to  protect  them  from 
electrolysis.  These  facts  have  shown  us  that  it  is  very  important  to 
obtain  the  differences  of  potential  between  our  pipes  and  the  tele- 
phone cables.  The  location  of  the  fifty  or  more  bonds  between  the 
telephone  cable  and  the  railway  returns  has  already  been  obtained, 
and  arrangements  have  been  made  to  obtain  the  differences  of  poten- 
tial between  the  cables  and  our  pipes  early  next  year. 

Tests  have  been  made  during  the  year  of  several  insulation  coat- 
ings applied  to  short  pieces  of  pipe,  and  some  of  them  were  of  very 
high  resistance ;  but,  on  account  of  the  mechanical  difficulties  to  be 


No.  57.]  AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD.  143 

overcome  in  applying  a  perfect  coating  and  preserving  it  in  perfect 
condition  in  practical  use,  there  appears  to  be  very  little  chance  of 
preventing  electrolysis  by  their  use. 


CLINTON  SEWERAGE. 

The  Clinton  sewage  disposal  works  were  in  daily  operation  during 
the  whole  year.  The  amount  of  sewage  pumped  and  filtered  was 
about  97,000  gallons  per  day  less  than  during  the  preceding  year. 
This  decrease  was  due  largely  to  the  comparatively  small  amount  of 
water  which  has  been  allowed  to  run  in  the  river,  and  the  conse- 
quent decrease  in  the  amount  of  water  entering  a  leaky  section  of 
the  town  sewers  located  close  to  the  river,  between  the  Lancaster 
Mills  and  Germantown.  A  small  part  of  the  decrease  is  due  to  the 
extension  of  the  metering  of  house  services  in  Clinton,  by  which  the 
waste  of  water  has  been  checked. 

Following  are  statistics  relating  to  the  operation  of  the  pumping 
station  :  — 

Daily  average  quantity  of  sewage  pumped  (gallons),  ....  643,000 

Daily  average  quantity  of  coal  consumed  (pounds),     ....  1,175 

Gallons  pumped  per  pound  of  coal, 547 

Number  of  days  pumping, 365 

Cost  of  pumping :  — 

Labor, $1,217  11 

Fuel ...  969  63 

Repairs  and  supplies, 256  41 


Total  for  station, ,  $2,443  15 

Cost  per  million  gallons  pumped, .          $  10  41 

Cost  per  million  gallons  raised  1  foot  high, _.  21 


Filter-beds. 

The  8  settling  basins  which  were  put  in  operation  during  Novem- 
ber of  the  previous  year  have  been  in  continuous  operation  during 
the  present  year.  During  January,  February,  March  and  December 
the  sewage  was  turned  through  a  basin  which  was  used  continuously 
for  two  weeks,  when  the  sewage  was  drawn  off  and  another  basin 
used.  After  March,  until  July  first,  the  sewage  was  allowed  to  run 
through  a  basin  for  one  week,  and  was  drawn  off  after  standing  in 
the  basin  two  days.  After  July  first,  until  December,  the  sewage 


144  METROPOLITAN   WATER  [Pub.  Doc. 

was  allowed  to  run  through  a  basin  for  three  days,  and  was  almost 
immediately  drawn  off  and  another  basin  put  in  use. 

Considerable  sludge  has  accumulated  in  the  basins,  which  has 
been  removed  by  the  farmers  after  being  allowed  to  dry  out  for 
about  a  week. 

While  passing  through  and  standing  in  the  basins  rather  more 
than  5  per  cent,  of  the  water  is  lost  by  seepage  into  the  ground. 

The  use  of  the  basins  has  not  materially  improved  the  character 
of  the  effluent  from  the  filter-beds. 

During  the  warmer  part  of  the  year  the  sewage  was  applied  in 
about  the  same  quantity  per  bed  to  the  19  beds  from  which  all  soil 
had  been  removed  and  to  the  6  beds  from  which  soil  had  not  been 
removed ;  but  the  latter  beds  were  not  used  during  the  colder  part 
of  the  year.  From  May  4  to  November  30  the  sewage  was  applied 
to  a  bed  having  an  area  of  1  acre,  for  about  one  and  one-half  hours, 
the  amount  per  .application  being  about  143,000  gallons,  and  each 
bed  was  used  ab^rt  once  in  six  days,  which  gives  an  average  of 
about  23,000  gallons  of  sewage  per  acre  per  day. 

During  the  colder  portion  of  the  year,  when  the  temperature  was 
below  15°  above  zero,  all  the  sewage  of  one  day's  pumping  was 
applied  to  one  of  5  improved  beds  which  had  been  prepared  with 
furrows  3  feet  6  inches  apart,  the  average  amount  per  application 
being  523,000  gallons,  and  each  furrowed  bed  was  used  about  once 
in  thirteen  days.  When  the  temperature  was  higher  than  15°  above 
zero,  the  sewage  was  applied  to  improved  beds  which  had  not  been 
furrowed,  for  about  two  and  one-half  hours,  at  the  rate  of  about 
336,000  gallons  per  application,  and  each  bed  was  used  about  once 
in  eleven  days. 

The  degree  of  purification  -has  been  about  the  same  as  during 
preceding  years.  The  amount  of  organic  matter  removed  has  been 
somewhat  greater  than  for  any  year  since  1901 ;  but  the  nitrification 
has  hardly  been  as  good,  the  nitrates  in  the  effluent  being  lower 
than  in  any  previous  year  since  the  works  have  been  operated.  The 
purification  during  the  last  half  of  the  year  has  been  markedly  better 
than  during  the  first  half,  as  has  been  usual  in  other  years. 

The  results  of  chemical  analyses  of  the  sewage  and  effluent  are 
given  in  the  following  table  :  — 


No.  57.] 


AND    SEWERAGE   BOARD. 


145 


[Parts  per  100,000.] 


19OO. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

January  to 
June,  1905, 
inclusive. 

July  to 
December, 
1905, 
inclusive. 

Whole 
Year, 
1905. 

Albuminoid  ammonia,  sew- 
age. 
A  Ibuminoid  ammonia,  efflu- 
ent. 
Per  cent,  removed, 

1.380 
.089 
94 

1.0025 

.0741 
91 

1.0517 

.0891 
89 

.9233 
.0782 
92 

.7967 
.0686 
91 

.8467 
.0801 
91 

1.4033 
.0772 
94 

1.1250 
.0787 

Oxygen  consumed,  sewage, 

14.84 

10.73 

8.85 

8.65 

8.57 

11.72 

14.50 

13.11 

Oxygen  consumed,  effluent, 

1.09 

.82 

1.15 

1.12 

.99 

1.22 

1.02 

1.126 

Per  cent,  removed, 

93 

91 

84 

87 

88 

90 

93 

91 

Free  ammonia,  sewage,      . 

3.9500 

3.4533 

4.3284 

3.8292 

3.97 

3.9600 

5.6467 

4.7533 

Free  ammonia,  effluent, 

1.0631 

.5792 

.6862 

1.0185 

.99 

1.0713 

.8360 

.9588 

Per  cent,  removed, 

73 

83 

84 

73 

75 

73 

"/„. 

80 

Nitrogen  as  nitrates,  efflu- 
ent. 

.7300 

.9298 

.9815 

.4168 

.4046 

.1866 

fee 

o* 

.2665 

The  cost  of  maintaining  the  filter  beds,  exclusi\^Jof  the  cost  of 
building  some  board-bottom  paved  ditches  and^Jying  pipe  drains 
to  drain  contiguous  land,  and  of  repairs  on  hdfoes  belonging  to  the 
Board,  for  which  $336.17  has  been  expendedjfcr  labor  and  supplies, 
has  been  as  follows  :  —  ^ 

V> 
, .         .      . $2,47573 

Repairs  and  supplies, 


Total, 

Cost  per  million  gallons  filtered,   . 


77  70 
$2,553  43 
$10  88 


Appended  to  this  report  are  tables  of  contracts  giving  the  amount 
of  work  done  and  other  information,  a  statement  of  the  cement  tests, 
a  long  series  of  tables  relating  to  the  maintenance  of  the  Metropoli- 
tan Water  Works,  tables  showing  the  length  of  main  pipes  and 
number  of  service  pipes,  meters  and  fire  hydrants  in  the  Metropoli- 
tan Water  District,  and  a  summary  of  statistics  for  1905. 

Respectfully  submitted, 


BOSTOX,  January  1,  1906. 


FREDERIC   P.  STEARNS, 

Chief  Engineer. 


146 


METROPOLITAN  WATER 


[Pub.  Doc. 


EEPOET  OF  ENGINEEE  OF  SEWEEAGE  WOEKS, 


To  the  Metropolitan  Water  and  Sewerage  Board. 

GENTLEMEN  :  — The  following  is  a  report  of  the  operations  of  the 
Engineering  Department  of  the  Metropolitan  Sewerage  Works  for 
the  year  ending  December  31,  1905. 


ORGANIZATION. 

The  engineering  organization  during  the  year  has   been   as  fol- 
lows :  — 


Division  Engineers :  — 
FREDERICK  D.  SMITH, 


FRANK  I.  CAPEN,    . 


FRANK  A.  EMERY,  . 


In  charge  of  maintenance,  South  Metropolitan 
System,  and  construction  of  High-level  Sewer 
in  Quincy  and  Milton. 

In  charge  of  maintenance  and  construction,  North 
Metropolitan 


In  charge  of  office,  drafting  room  and  records. 


In  addition  to  the  above,  there  were  employed  at  the  end  of  the 
year  8  engineering  and  other  assistants. 


No.  57.] 


AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD. 


147 


METROPOLITAN   SEWERAGE   DISTRICTS. 
AREAS  AND  POPULATIONS. 

During  the  year  no  changes  have  been  made  in  the  extent  of  the 
sewerage  districts.  The  area  of  the  North  Metropolitan  District  re- 
mains at  90.50  square  miles,  and  of  the  South  Metropolitan  District 
at  100. 87  square  miles,  —  a  total,  inclusive  of  water  surfaces,  of 
191.37  square  miles.  These  districts  include  the  whole  or  parts  of 
25  cities  and  towns,  as  set  forth  in  the  following  table. 

The  populations  in  the  table  are  based  on  the  census  of  1905.  It 
will  be  noted  that  the  recent  census  returns  do  not  fully  justify  all 
the  published  forecasts  of  earlier  reports. 

Table  showing  Areas  and  Estimated  Populations  within  the  Metropolitan  Sewerage 
District,  as  of  December  31, 1905. 


CITY  OB  TOWN. 

Area  (Square 
Miles). 

Estimated  Popu- 
lation. 

(I  South  Metropolitan  North  Metropolitan 
District.  District. 

5.20 
4.66 
3.45 
6.11 
2.24 
3.34 
5.11 
5.07 
8.35 
3.73 
5.86 
3.96 
5.50 
7.65 
5.95 
1.61 

12.71 
90.50 

20.39 
6.81 
9.40 
4.57 
12.59 
16.88 
12.56 
13.63 
4.04 

9,820 
4,390 
93,275 
98,210 
37,700 
29,770 
2,800 
88,610 
19,900 
14,500 
12,950 
70,200 
6,340 
10,410 
8,400 
7,140 
14,430 

144,200 
23,910 
7,400 
14,630 
7,090 
37,240 
28,160 
26,600 
11,420 

478,845 
800,650 

Boston  (portions  of),  

Chelsea         .                        

Lexington,1  .                                
Maiden  

Medford                ...                        .... 

Melrose         

Wakefleld                     ....                        ... 

Winthrop              .                        .... 

Woburn  

'Boston  (portions  of)  

Milton 

Watertown  

100.87 

191.37 

779,495 

Part  of  town. 


148 


METROPOLITAN   WATER 


[Pub.  Doc. 


METROPOLITAN    SEWERS. 
SEWERS  PURCHASED  AND  CONSTRUCTED  AND  THEIR  CONNECTIONS. 

Within  the  Sewerage  Districts  there  are  now  96.12  miles  of  Met- 
ropolitan sewers.  Of  this  total,  8.79  miles  of  sewers,  with  the 
Quincy  pumping  station,  have  been  purchased  from  cities  and  towns 
of  the  districts,  the  remaining  87  miles  of  Metropolitan  sewers  hav- 
ing been  constructed  by  the  Metropolitan  boards. 

The  position,  lengths  and  sizes  of  these  sewers  are  given  in  the 
following  tables,  together  with  other  data  referring  to  the  public 
and  special  connections  with  the  system  :  — 

North  Metropolitan  System. 


1 

se  - 

SPECIAL  CONNECTION 

8. 

CITY  OB  TOWN. 

Size  of  Sewers. 

i 

•5° 

fjj 

Character  or  Location  of 

Number 
in 

1? 

-"  *  w 

Connection. 

Opera- 

|3l 

tion. 

Boston:  — 
Deer  Island,    . 

6'  3"  to  9',     .        .       .        . 

1.367 

4 

East  Boston,    . 

9'  to  1',          

ft  467 

20 

Charlestown,  . 

6'  7"X7'  5"  to  1',  .       ..      . 

3.292 

Navy  Yard  
Almshouse,  .... 

9'  .' 

f,  864 

7J 

Club  house  

Fire  Dept.  Station, 
Bakery  

Chelsea,       . 

8'  4"X9'  2"  to  1'  10"X2'4",. 

5.123 

I 
7-! 

Rendering  works, 
Metropolitan  Water  Works 

^ 

blow-off  

Everett, 

8'2"x8'10"to4'8"x5'l",. 

2.925 

«l 

Metropolitan  Water  Works 
blow-off  

Maiden,       .       . 

4'  6"X4'  10"  to  1'  3",    . 

3.9311 

26  | 

Metropolitan  Water  Works 
blow-off  

Private  buildings, 
Private  buildings, 

11 

10 

Melrose,      . 

4'  6"X4'  10"  to  10", 

6.099s 

Factory, 
Railroad  station, 

Cambridge, 

5'  2"X5'  9"  to  1'  3",      . 

7.167 

i 

Slaughter-house, 
City  Hospital,      . 

f 

Tannery,      . 

Somerville, 

6'5"x7'2"tol'10"X2'3",. 

3.471 

10  •( 

Slaughter-houses  (3), 
Car-house,    . 

l 

Stable  

( 

Armory  building, 

Medford,     . 

4'  8"X5'  1"  to  10", 

5.359 

20 

Private  buildings, 

( 

Stable,  .... 

f 

Tannery, 

Private  buildings, 

Winchester, 

2'  11"X3'  3"  to  1'  3",     . 

6.428 

13  <j 

Gelatine  factory, 

j 

Stable  

Railroad  station, 

1 

Stoneham,  . 

1'  3"  to  10",  . 

0.010 

4 

_ 

_ 

Woburn,     . 

1'  10"X2'  4"  to  1'  3",     . 

0.933 

3 

Glue  factory, 

1 

( 

Private  buildings, 

90 

Arlington,  . 

1'  6"  to  10"  

3.5208 

Railroad  station, 

1 

33j 

Car-house,    . 

3 

Belmont,4    . 

_                           _ 

. 

3 

_                          — 

- 

Wakefield,* 

_                           _ 

— 

1 

-                          - 

- 

Revere, 

4'  to  3'  

0.048 

2 

- 

- 

58.0045 

232 

351 

Includes  .988  of  a  mile  of  sewer  purchased  from  the  city  of  Maiden. 
Includes  .736  of  a  mile  of  sewer  purchased  from  the  town  of  Melrose. 
Includes  2.631  miles  of  sewer  purchased  from  the  town  of  Arlington. 
The  Metropolitan  sewer  extends  but  a  few  feet  into  the  towns  of  Belmont  and  Wakefield. 
Includes  2.787  miles  of  Mystic  River  valley  sewer  in  Medford,  Winchester  and  Woburn,  running 
parallel  with  the  Metropolitan  sewer. 


AXD   SEWERAGE   BOAED. 


149 


South  Metropolitan  System, 


j 

!§- 

SPECIAL  CONNECTIONS 

ClTT  OR  TOWN. 

Size  of  Sewers. 

i 
-.= 

in 

Character  or  Location  of 

Number 

el 

|£" 

Connection. 

Opera- 

J 

gs* 

tion. 

f 

Private  house, 

1 

Boston  (Back  Bay), 
Boston  (Brighton), 

6'  6"  to  5'  6", 
5'  6"  to  12",  . 

1.5001 
3.714* 

4 

Administration    building 
Boston  Park  Department, 
Simmons  College  buildings, 
Abattoir  

1 
1 
3 

r 

Chocolate  works,    . 

2 

Boston      (Dorches- 

3'X4' to  2'  6"X2'  7",     . 

2.870* 

7 

Paper  mill,      . 

1 

ter). 

( 

Private  buildings,  . 

2 

Boston  (Roxbury), 

6'  6"X7',  4'  0",      .        . 

1.430 

Parental  school,      . 

1 

Boston  (West  Rox- 

9' 3"  X  10'  2"  to  12",       . 

7.011 

Lutheran  Evangelical  Church, 

1 

bury). 

Private  buildings,  . 

3 

Brookline, 

5'  6",      . 

0.127 

2 

_                              _ 

.. 

Dedham, 

4'x4'l"to3'9"X3'10" 

2.350 

4 

_                              _ 

m 

Hull, 

60"  pipe,       . 

0.750 

M 

_ 

_ 

Hyde  Park, 
Milton, 

10'7"xlll7"to4'X4'l" 
1  1'  X  12'  to  8", 

4.527 
3.600 

14 

8 

Private  buildings,  . 

2 

Newton, 

4'2"X4'9"tol'3", 

2.911 

6 

Private  houses, 

2 

Quincy, 
Waltham 

Il'3"xl2'6"to24"pipe 
3'  6"X4', 

6.580 
0  001 

3 
1 

Watertown, 

4'  2"X4'  9"  to  12", 

0.750* 

5 

Factories,         .... 

2 

38.121 

78 

22 

1  Includes  .355  of  a  mile  of  sewer  purchased  from  the  city  of  Boston. 

1  Includes  .026  of  a  mile  of  sewer  purchased  from  the  town  of  Watertown. 

3  Includes  1.24  miles  of  sewer  purchased  from  the  city  of  Boston. 

4  Includes  .025  of  a  mile  of  sewer  purchased  from  the  town  of  Watertown. 


COST  or  CONSTRUCTION. 

The  cost  of  the  96  miles  of  Metropolitan  sewers  enumerated  above, 
including  seven  stations,  siphons  and  appertaining  structures,  may 
be  summarized  as  follows  :  — 


North  Metropolitan  System, 
South  Metropolitan  System, 


$6,088,830  56 
7,624,042  66 

$13,712,873  22 


Information  relating  to  areas,  populations,  local  sewer  connections 
and  other  data  for  the  whole  Metropolitan  Sewerage  District  appear 
in  the  following  table  :  — 

North  Metropolitan  District. 


•  Area 
(Square 
Miles). 

Estimated 
Total 
Population. 

Mil,-.*  of 
Local  Sewer 
connected. 

Estimated 
Population 
contributing 
Sewage. 

Ratio  of 
Contributing 
Population 
to  Total 
Population 
(Percent.). 

CONNECTIONS  MADE 
WITH  METRO- 
POLITAN SEWERS. 

Public. 

Special. 

90.50 

478,845 

573.57 

376,575 

78.6 

232 

351 

150 


METROPOLITAN   WATER 


[Pub.  Doc. 


South  Metropolitan  District. 


Area 
(Square 
Miles). 

Estimated 
Total 
Population  . 

Miles  of 
Local  Sewer 
connected. 

Estimated   • 
Population 
contributing 
Sewage. 

Ratio  of 
Contributing 
Population 
to  Total 
Population 
(PerCent.). 

CONNECTIONS  MADE 
WITH  METRO- 
POLITAK  SEWERS. 

Public. 

Special. 

100.87 

300,650 

439.74 

156,360 

52.0 

78 

22 

Entire  Metropolitan  District. 


191.37 

779,495 

1,013.31 

532,935 

68.4 

310 

373 

Of  the  estimated  gross  population  of  779,495  on  December  31, 
1905,  532,935,  representing  68.4  per  cent.,  were  on  that  date  con- 
tributing sewage  to  the  Metropolitan  sewers,  through  a  total  length 
of  1,013.31  miles  of  local  sewers  owned  by  the  individual  municipali- 
ties. These  sewers  are  connected  with  the  Metropolitan  System  by 
310  public  and  373  special  connections.  It  appears,  also,  that  there 
has  been  during  the  year  an  increase  of  48.81  miles  of  local  sewers 
connected  with  Metropolitan  System,  and  that  12  public  and  26 
special  connections  have  been  added. 

PUMPING  STATIONS  AND  PUMPAGE. 

The  following  table  shows  the  average  daily  volume  of  sewage  lifted 
at  each  of  the  six  Metropolitan  pumping  stations  during  the  year,  as 
compared  with  corresponding  volumes  for  the  previous  year  :  — 


AVERAGE  DAILY  PUMPAGE. 


PUMPING  STATION. 

Jan.  1,  1904, 
to 
Dec.  31,  1904. 

Jan.  1,  1905, 
to 
Dec.  31,  1905. 

Decrease  daring 
the  Year. 

Gallons. 
57,200,000 
55,000,000 
31,100,000 
3,546,000 
3,651,000 

Gallons. 
54,400,000 
52,400,000 
29,900,000 
3,234,000 
3,180,000 
20,940,000 

Gallons. 
2,800,000 
2,600,000 
1,200,000 
312,000 
471,000 

Per  Cent. 
4.9 
4.7 
3.9 
8.8 
12.9 

East  Boston 

Charlestown  

Alewife  Brook,         
Qnincy  

Ward  Street  .       . 

No.  57.]  AND   SEWERAGE  BOAED.  151 

CONSTRUCTION. 

SOUTH    METROPOLITAN    SYSTEM. 

During  the  year  all  construction  carried  out  by  the  department 
has  been  on  the  South  System,  by  day  labor,  under  the  direction  of 
the  maintenance  engineers  and  foremen. 

This  has  included  grading,  loaming  slopes  and  grounds  at  Nut 
Island  and  vicinity,  and  at  the  Ward  Street  pumping  station ;  the 
construction  of  roads  about  the  Nut  Island  screen  house  and  the 
Ward  Street  station  ;  the  placing  of  a  24-inch  force  main  connecting 
the  Quincy  pumping  station  with  the  High-level  Sewer  at  Greenleaf 
Street,  Quincy ;  and  the  reversal  of  grade  of  the  lower  end  of  the 
Charles  River  main  sewer  by  a  new  concrete  invert  from  Bryant 
Street  to  Vancouver  Street.  This  latter  work  is  now  in  progress. 

GRADING  AT  NUT  ISLAND  AND  VICINITY. 

At  the  beginning  of  the  year  the  grounds  at  Nut  Island  and  the 
surface  and  slopes  of  embankments  connecting  Nut  Island  and  Great 
Hill,  and  over  the  line  of  Section  46  from  Island  Avenue  to  near 
Prospect  Avenue,  were  in  a  rough  and  unfinished  condition,  as  left 
under  various  earlier  contracts,  described  in  previous  reports. 

During  the  year  roads  have  been  built  over  both  of  the  embank- 
ments above  noted.  The  roads  were  about  20  feet  in  width,  with 
3-inch  gravel  surfaces  rolled.  From  Nut  Island  to  Great  Hill  the 
road  is  protected  on  both  sides  of  the  embankment  by  wooden  fences. 
Roads  of  similar  construction  have  been  built  from  the  screen  house 
to  the  wharf  and  from  the  wharf  to  the  beach.  There  have  been 
2,550  linear  feet  thus  constructed  at  Nut  Island  and  vicinity,  involv- 
ing 5,500  square  yards  of  road  surfaces. 

During  the  earlier  construction  at  Nut  Island  about  4,000  cubic 
yards  of  loam  were  stored  from  the  excavation.  During  the  season 
the  surfaces  of  the  island  have  been  graded  to  a  rolling  condition  not 
unlike  that  found  on  the  island  when  purchased.  These  surfaces 
have  been  covered  with  from  8  inches  to  12  inches  of  loam.  The 
slopes  and  surfaces  of  both  embankments  before  referred  to  have 
been  loamed  from  the  road  to  the  riprap  line,  at  about  10  feet  above 
average  high  water  of  the  harbor.  Practically  all  of  the  stored  loam 
has  been  used  in  this  work.  All  loamed  surfaces  have  been  seeded. 


152  METROPOLITAN   WATER  [Pub.  Doc. 

QUINCY  FORCE  MAIN. 

The  Quincy  pumping  station,  which  was  purchased  by  the  Board 
in  1901  from  the  city  of  Quincy,  was  at  that  date  connected  by  a 
cast-iron  pipe  with  Boston  Main  Drainage  Works  at  Squantum. 

After  the  opening  of  the  High-level  Sewer,  in  November,  1904, 
arrangements  were  made  for  breaking  off  this  connection  with  the 
city  of  Boston  works,  and  connecting  this  station  with  the  Metro- 
politan Sewer  in  Greenleaf  Street,  in  Quincy,  by  means  of  a  new 
24-inch  cast-iron  pipe.  The  route  of  this  new  force  main  is  in  a 
general  easterly  direction  from  the  station  through  Merrymount 
Park,  across  Furnace  Brook  Parkway  of  the  Metropolitan  System, 
along  Park  Lane  and  Valley  Street  to  Greenleaf  Street.  The  total 
length  of  the  new  line  is  3,025  feet.  The  pipe  as  laid  has  a  thick- 
ness of  .72  of  an  inch  and  a  weight  of  2,290  pounds  for  12-foot 
lengths. 

Through  the  city  park  the  excavation  was  largely  in  loam  and 
peat ;  for  a  length  of  135  feet  the  pipe  is  supported  on  piles  25  feet 
long.  The  pipe  leaves  the  pumping  station  at  about  4  feet  below 
the  engine  room  floor,  at  about  8  feet  above  the  level  of  average  low 
tide.  An  8-inch  pipe  branch  leads  back  from  this  line  to  the  suction 
sewer,  providing  for  quickly  draining  the  main  pipe.  The  pipe 
has  a  uniformly  rising  grade  without  summit,  entering  the  main 
sewer  at  Greenleaf  Street,  at  16  feet  above  the  elevation  of  average 
low  water. 

At  this  point  penstock  and  check  valves  are  introduced  for  con- 
trolling the  sewage  flow  in  the  pipe. 

The  work  of  placing  the  pipe  was  begun  in  January  and  completed 
in  August  of  this  year.  On  August  14  the  Quincy  sewage  was  de- 
flected from  the  Moon  Island  works,  and  since  that  date  has  been 
delivered  to  the  High-level  Sewer.  The  line  was  successfully  placed 
through  the  park  lands  without  injury  to  shrubbery  or  trees. 

GRADING  ABOUT  WARD   STREET  STATION. 

At  the  beginning  of  the  year  the  grounds  about  the  station  were  in 
comparatively  smooth  condition,  as  left  by  contractors  for  the  station 
buildings,  and  partially  subgraded  by  day  labor  last  year.  Peat 
found  in  the  excavations  had  been  stored  at  the  easterly  end  of  the 


No.  57.]  AND    SEWERAGE   BOARD.  153 

lot,  and  stones  and  bowlders  found  had  been  placed  at  convenient 
points  near  the  locations  of  proposed  roads. 

All  coal  at  this  station  is  delivered  by  teams,  usually  in  loads  of 
from  8  to  10  tons.  It  was,  therefore,  necessary  to  provide  a  road 
surface  to  resist  this  heavy  teaming.  During  the  early  portion  of 
the  year  a  road  about  20  feet  in  width  was  constructed,  extending 
from  Ward  Street,  near  the  easterly  borders  of  the  lot  around  the 
station,  to  the  rear  of  the  station  buildings,  where  it  is  widened  to 
about  50  feet,  from  the  screen  house  to  the  coal  pocket.  This  pro- 
vides ample  street  area  for  maneuvering  the  coal  team.  A  narrow 
road  is  thence  extended  to  Vancouver  Street  near  the  northwesterly 
corner  of  the  station  lot. 

Branch  roads  also  have  been  constructed  back  of  the  engine  house 
through  the  arch  at  the  end  of  the  boiler  house,  uniting  with  the  main 
road  at  the  coal  pocket,  and  from  the  barn  at  the  easterly  corner  of 
the  lot  to  the  main  road  near  Ward  Street. 

The  bowlders  and  stones  found  in  the  early  excavations  were  used 
in  the  form  of  Telford  paving,  about  18  inches  in  thickness,  under 
the  road  surfaces.  This  pavement  was  covered  with  about  4  inches 
of  broken  stone  and  stone  dust,  and  the  whole  rolled  into  shape  by 
a  20-ton  road  roller. 

Paths  about  8  feet  in  width,  of  similar  construction  to  the  roads, 
were  built  to  the  doors  on  the  Phillips,  Ward  and  Vancouver  street 
sides  of  the  engine  house.  About  2,200  square  yards  of  road  sur- 
faces were  thus  constructed. 

The  station  lot  has  an  area  of  102,000  square  feet.  The  buildings 
and  lockers  cover  36,000  square  feet ;  the  roads  and  paths  cover 
about  20,000  square  feet.  The  remaining  area  of  about  45,000  square 
feet  was  covered  during  the  early  summer,  about  1  foot  in  depth, 
with  the  most  desirable  of  the  peat  stored  from  the  excavations. 
This  peat  was  further  covered  about  4  inches  in  depth  with  good 
quality  of  loam.  All  of  the  graded  areas  have  been  seeded.  The 
bottom  of  the  base  course  of  the  engine  house  buildings  is  about  2 
feet  above  the  adjacent  street  levels  on  Ward  and  Vancouver  streets. 
The  finished  surface  of  the  lot  has  been  sloped  evenly  from  this  base 
course  of  the  buildings  to  the  sidewalk  grades  of  adjacent  streets. 


154  METROPOLITAN   WATER  [Pub.  Doc. 

REVERSAL  OF  GRADE  AT  THE  LOWER  END  or  THE  CHARLES 
RIVER  MAIN  SEWER. 

On  October  14,  1904,  when  the  Ward  Street  station  was  first  put 
into  operation,  so  much  of  the  Charles  River  Metropolitan  main  sewer 
as  was  located  above  Vancouver  Street  had  been  diverted  to  this  new 
pumping  station.  The  length  of  the  Metropolitan  sewer  below  Van- 
couver Street,  extending  along  Huntington  Avenue  to  Gainsborough 
Street,  has  during  the  year  remained  tributary  to  the  Boston  Main 
Drainage  Works,  pending  discussion  with  the  city  of  Boston  and 
other  public  officials,  in  relation  to  the  disposal  of  sewage  from  this 
branch. 

Early  in  December  of  this  year  the  works  for  diverting  the  sewage 
from  this  branch  to  the  new  Ward  Street  station  were  begun.  This 
length  of  sewer  in  Huntington  Avenue  varies  in  diameter  from  5 
feet  6  inches  to  6  feet  6  inches.  The  last  connection  from  the  local 
sewerage  systems  with  this  sewer  is  located  at  Bryant  Street,  distant 
from  Vancouver  Street  about  1,800  feet.  The  invert  of  this  length 
of  1,800  feet  is  being  regraded  from  Bryant  Street  to  Vancouver 
Street  by  introducing  a  new  concrete  invert  having  an  inclination 
towards  Vancouver  Street. 

As  the  sewage  from  the  districts  tributary  to  this  branch  is  com- 
paratively small,  the  new  invert  diameter  is  reduced  to  about  3  feet, 
with  an  inclination  towards  Vancouver  Street  of  1  foot  in  1,500  feet. 
At  Bryant  Street  it  is  proposed  to  introduce  a  penstock  valve,  40 
inches  in  diameter.  This  under  slight  heads  will  admit  of  turning  the 
whole  flow  of  the  existing  Charles  River  main  sewer,  if  desired,  into 
its  old  connection  with  the  Boston  Main  Drainage  Works  ;  or,  under 
like  conditions,  the  city  of  Boston  works  may  find  relief  in  case  of 
accident  through  the  South  Metropolitan  System. 

At  the  date  of  this  report,  for  a  length  of  about  1,100  feet  from 
Vancouver  to  Parker  Street,  work  on  the  modified  invert  has  been 
largely  completed. 

Section  77,  Ward  Street  Station  and  Connections. 
At  the  date  of  this  report  the  only  contract  for  the  construction 
of  any  part  of  the  High-level  Sewer  and  appurtenances  that  has  not 
been  fully  completed  and  adjusted  is  that  for  the  pumps,  boilers  and 
connections,  at  the  Ward  Street  station. 


No.  57.]  AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD.  155 

Under  the  contract  between  the  E.  P.  Allis  Company  of  Mil- 
waukee and  the  Commonwealth,  fully  described  in  earlier  reports, 
the  plant  was  erected  and  put  into  operation  as  early  as  October, 
1904.  By  arrangement  between  the  Board  and  the  engine  builders, 
this  pumping  plant  has  been  operated  in  the  regular  service  of  the 
station  during  the  past  year.  The  engine  company  have  retained 
experts  at  the  station  during  the  year,  studying  the  operation  of  the 
plant,  and  from  time  to  time  introducing  minor  modifications  found 
essential  to  satisfy  the  rigorous  tests  required  under  the  contract. 
It  is  probable  that  the  engine  company  will  arrange  at  an  early  date 
for  completing  the  trials  prescribed  in  the  contract  as  a  condition  to 
final  payments  and  adjustment  of  this  contract. 

MAINTENANCE. 

SCOPE  or  WORK  AND  FORCE  EMPLOYED. 

The  maintenance  of  the  Metropolitan  Sewerage  System  includes 
the  operation  of  seven  stations  and  96.12  miles  of  Metropolitan 
sewers,  receiving  the  discharge  from  1,013.31  miles  of  town  and  city 
sewers  at  310  points,  together  with  the  care  and  study  of  inverted 
siphons  under  streams  and  in  the  harbor. 

The  permanent  maintenance  force  of  118  men  includes  68  engi- 
neers and  other  employes  at  the  pumping  stations,  and  50  men 
employed  on  actual  sewer  maintenance  and  care  of  pumping  station 
grounds.  In  the  three  following  tables  the  use  of  the  completed 
systems  and  other  data  are  shown  :  — 


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CAPACITY  AND  BESTTLTS. 

The  following  tables  summarize  the  pumping  records  for  the  year 
for  the  Metropolitan  Sewerage  stations  :  — 

NORTH  METROPOLITAN  SYSTEM. 
Deer  Island  Pumping  Station. 

At  this  station  are  three  submerged  centrifugal  pumps,  with  im- 
pellers or  wheels  8.25  feet  in  diameter,  driven  by  triple-expansion 
engines  of  the  Eeynolds-Corliss  type. 

Contract  capacity  of  pumps :  45,000,000  gallons  each,  with  19-foot  lift. 

Average  duty  for  the  year:  49,700,000  foot-pounds. 

Average  quantity  raised  each  day :  54,400,000  gallons. 

Force  employed:  3  engineers,  3  firemen,  6  screenmen  and  1  reliefman. 

Coal  used:  first-quality  Cumberland,  costing  from  $3.44  to  $3.75  per  ton. 

Table  of  Approximate  Quantities,  Lifts  and  Duties  at  the  Deer  Island  Pumping 
Station  of  the  North  Metropolitan  System. 


MONTHS. 

Total 
Pumpage 
(Gallons). 

Average 
per  Day 
(Gallons). 

Minimum 
Day 

(Gallons). 

Maximum 
Day 
(Gallons). 

Average 
Lift 
(Feet). 

Average 
Duty  (ft.-lbs. 
per  100  Ibs. 
Coal). 

1905. 
January  

2,084,200,000 

67,200,000 

52,900,000 

119,000,000 

10.89 

46,300,000 

February  

1,686,400,000 

60,200,000 

51,000,000 

69,300,000 

10.54 

50,100,000 

March,        .... 
April  

2,123,800,000 
1,915,200  000 

68,500,000 
63,800,000 

47,800,000 
48,300,000 

102,000,000 
104,100,000 

10.94 

10.82 

49,200,000 
52,200,000 

May  

1,532,300,000 
1  541  300  000 

49,400,000 
51  400  000 

43,800,000 
36  200  000 

67,600,000 
71  000  000 

10.46 
10  86 

48,900,000 
47  600  000 

July  

1,437,700,000 

46,400,000 

41,600,000 

53,200,000 

10.30 

51,400,000 

August  

1,396,100,000 

45,000,000 

37,800,000 

58,700,000 

10.76 

54,900,000 

September, 

1,763,500,000 

58,800,000 

45,400,000 

126,600,000 

10.77 

51,000,000 

October,     .... 

1,440,200,000 

46,500,000 

39,300,000 

55,400,000 

10.57 

48,700,000 

November, 

1,319,000,000 

44,000,000 

34,100,000 

64,200,000 

10.01 

41,000,000 

December, 

1,585,400,000 

51,100,000 

42,300,000 

65,300,000 

10.63 

44,600,000 

Total  

19,825,100,000 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Average,     . 

- 

54,400,000 

43,400,000 

79,700,000 

10.63 

49,700,000 

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[Pub.  Doc. 


East  Boston  Pumping  Station. 

At  this  station  are  three  submerged  centrifugal  pumps,  with  im- 
pellers or  wheels  8.25  feet  in  diameter,  driven  by  triple-expansion 
engines  of  the  Reynolds-Corliss  type. 

Contract  capacity  of  pumps:  45,000,000  gallons  each,  with  19-foot  lift. 

Average  duty  for  the  year:  55,800,000  foot-pounds. 

Average  quantity  raised  each  day:  52,400,000  gallons. 

Force  employed:  3  engineers,  3  firemen,  6  screenmen  and  1  reliefman. 

Coal  used:  first-quality  Cumberland,  costing  from  §3.30  to  $3.60  per  ton. 

Table  oj  Approximate  Quantities,  Lifts  and  Duties  at  the  East  Boston  Pumping 
Station  of  the  North  Metropolitan  System. 


MONTHS. 

Total 
Pumpage 
(Gallons). 

Average 
per  Day 
(Gallons). 

Minimum 
Day 

(Gallons). 

Maximum 
Day 

(Gallons). 

Average 
Lift 
(Feet). 

Average 
Duty  (ft  -Ibs. 
per  100  Ibs. 
Coal). 

1905. 

January  

2,022,200,000 
1,630,400,000 

65,200,000 
58,200,000 

50,900,000 
49,000,000 

117,000,000 
67,300,000 

16.71 
16.56 

56,500,000 
53,000  000 

March,       .... 

2,061,800,000 
1  855,200  000 

66,500,000 
61,800  000 

45,800,000 
46,300  000 

100,000,000 
102  100,000 

16.48 
16.58 

58,700,000 
52  700  000 

May  

1,470,300,000 

47,400,000 

41,800,000 

65,600,000 

16.07 

55,000,000 

June  

1,481,300,000 

49,400,000 

34,200,000 

69,000,000 

16.02 

59,300,000 

July  

1,375,700,000 

44,400,000 

39,600,000 

51,200,000 

16.06 

53,300,000 

August,      .... 

1,334,100,000 
1,703,500,000 

43,000,000 
56,800,000 

35,800,000 
43,400,000 

56,700,000 
124,600,000 

16.02 
16.19 

58,100,000 
58,000,000 

October,     .... 

1,378,200,000 

44,500,000 

37,300,000 

53,400,000 

16.00 

54,900,000 

November, 

1,259,000,000 

42,000,000 

32,100,000 

62,200,000 

16.01 

51,500,000 

December, 

1,523,400,000 

49,100,000 

40,300,000 

63,300,000 

16.01 

53,900,000 

Total  

19,095,100,000 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Average, 

- 

52,400,000 

41,400,000 

77,700,000 

16.23 

55,800,000 

No.  57.] 


AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD. 


161 


Charlestown  Pumping  Station. 

At  this  station  are  three  submerged  centrifugal  pumps,  two  of 
them  having  impellers  or  wheels  7.5  feet  in  diameter,  the  other 
8.25  feet  in  diameter.  They  are  driven  by  triple-expansion  engines 
of  the  Reynolds-Corliss  type. 

Contract  capacity  of  pumps:  two,  22,000,000  gallons  each,  with  11-foot  lift;  one,  60,000,000 

gallons,  with  8-foot  lift. 

Average  duty  for  the  year:  43,100,000 foot-pounds. 
Average  quantity  raised  each  day:  29,900,000  gallons. 
Force  employed:  3  engineers,  3  firemen,  6  screenmen  and  1  reliefman. 
Coal  used :  first  quality  Cumberland,  costing  from  83.45  to  $3.60  per  ton. 

Table  of  Approximate  Quantities,  Lifts  and  Duties  at  the  Gharlestown  Pumping 
Station  of  the  North  Metropolitan  System. 


MONTHS. 

Total 
Pumpage 
(Gallons). 

Average 
per  Day 
(Gallons). 

Minimum 
Day 

(Gallons). 

Maximum 
Day 

(Gallons). 

Average 
Lift 
(Feet). 

Average 
Duty  (ft.-ibs. 
per  100  Ibs. 
Coal). 

1905. 

January  

1,063,900,000 

34,300,000 

27,900,000 

66,700,000 

8.11 

46,100,000 

February  

889,400,000 

31,800,000 

27,100,000 

37,100,000 

7.93 

43,000,000 

March, 

1  085,700  000 

35,000  000 

26,500  000 

49  600  000 

8.17 

48  500  000 

April  
May 

931,700,000 
882  900  000 

31,100,000 
28  500  000 

22,600,000 
22  800  000 

48,200,000 
54  000  000 

7.92 

7  74 

44,100,000 

June 

922  200  000 

30  700  000 

21  000  000 

43  100  000 

7  93 

44  300  000 

July  

876,100,000 

28,300,000 

23,000,000 

32,200,000 

7.80 

44,800,000 

August  

838,200,000 

27,000,000 

22,800,000 

41,200,000 

7.63 

41,800,000 

September,        .        . 

913,900,000 

30,500,000 

23,600,000 

61,600,000 

7.88 

47,000,000 

October  

878,000,000 

28,300,000 

21,800,000 

40,000,000 

7.78 

43,900,000 

November, 

754,300,000 

25,100,000 

20,500,000 

40,000,000 

7.62 

34,800,000 

December, 

863,000,000 

27,800,000 

22,100,000 

39,800,000 

7.63 

37,400,000 

Total  

10,899,300,000 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Average,     . 

- 

29,900,000 

23,500,000 

46,100,000 

7.85 

43,100,000 

162 


METROPOLITAN   WATER 


[Pub.  Doc. 


Alewife  Brook  Pumping  Station. 

The  plant  at  this  station  consists  of  the  original  installation  of 
small  commercial  pumps  and  engines,  i.e.,  two  9-inch  Andrews 
vertical  centrifugal  pumps,  with  direct-connected  compound  marine 
engines,  together  with  the  recent  additions.  The  latter  consists  of  a 
specially  designed  engine  of  the  vertical  cross-compound  type,  hav- 
ing between  the  cylinders  a  centrifugal  pump  rotating  on  a  hori- 
zontal axis. 

Contract  capacity  of  the  two  original  pumps:  4,500,000  gallons  each,  with  13- foot  lift. 

Contract  capacity  of  new  pump :  13,000,000  gallons,  with  13-foot  lift. 

Average  duty  for  the  year:  17,000,000  foot-pounds. 

Average  quantity  raised  each  day:  3,234,000  gallons. 

Force  employed:  3  engineers. 

Coal  used:  first  quality  Cumberland,  costing  from  $3.60  to  §4.65  per  ton. 

Table  of  Approximate  Quantities,  Lifts  and  Duties  at  the  Alewife  Brook  Pumping 
Station  of  the  North  Metropolitan  System. 


MONTHS. 

Total 
Pumpage 
(Gallons). 

Average 
per  Day 
(Gallons). 

Minimum 
Day 
(Gallons). 

Maximum 
Day 
(Gallons). 

Average 
Lift 
(Feel), 

Average 
Duty(ft.-lbs. 
per  100  Ibs. 
Coal). 

1905. 
January,    .... 

140,596,000 

4,635,000 

2,786,000 

7,993,000 

13.17 

20,200,000 

February,  .... 
March  

105,312,000 
151,633,000 

3,761,000 
4,891,000 

3,179,000 
3,279,000 

4,201,000 
7,462,000 

13.35 
13.09 

18,800,000 
22,400,000 

April  

119,141,000 

3,971,000 

2,692,000 

7,049,000 

13.25 

20,400,000 

May  

88.640,000 
87  863  000 

2,859,000 
2  929  000 

2,288,000 
2  330  000 

3,862,000 
4  260  000 

13.25 
13  25 

16,100,000 

July 

74  095  000 

2  390  000 

2  036  000 

3  379  000 

13  32 

15  000  000 

August,      .... 

67,907,000 

2,191,000 

1,826,000 

3,179,000 

13.18 

14,300,000 

September, 

106,990,000 

3,566,000 

2,120,000 

7,226,000 

13.06 

18,100,000 

October,    .... 

76,619,000 

2,472,000 

1,994,000 

3,862,000 

13.24 

14,700,000 

November, 

69,166,000 

2,306,000 

1,784,000 

4,435,000 

13.20 

14,000,000 

December,         . 

90,934,000 

2,933,000 

2,372,000 

4,615,000 

12.21 

14,300,000 

Total  

1,178,896,000 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Average,     . 

- 

3,234,000 

2,391,000 

5,127,000 

13.13 

17,000,000 

No.  57.] 


AND   SEWERAGE  BOARD. 


163 


Ward  Street  Pumping  /Station. 

At  this  station  are  two  vertical,  triple-expansion  pumping  en- 
gines, of  the  Allis-Chalraers  type,  operating  reciprocating;  pumps, 
the  plungers  of  which  are  48  inches  in  diameter  with  a  60-inch 
stroke. 


Contract  capacity  of  pumps:  50,000,000  gallons  each,  with  45-foot  lift. 

Average  duty  for  the  year:  89,700,000  foot-pounds. 

Average  quantity  raised  each  day:  20,940,000  gallons. 

Force  employed:  3  engineers,  3  firemen,  3  oilers,  3  screenmen  and  1  reliefman. 

Coal  used :  first  quality  Cumberland,  costing  from  $4.10  to  $4.28  per  ton. 

Table  of  Approximate  Quantities,  Lifts  and  Duties  at  the  Ward  Street  Pumping 
Station  of  the  South  Metropolitan 


MONTHS. 

Total 
Pumpage 
(Gallons). 

Average 
per  Day 
(Gallons). 

Minimum 
Day 

(Gallons). 

Maximum 
Day 

(Gallons). 

Average 
Lift 

(Feet). 

Average 
Duty  (ft.-lbs. 
per  100  Ibs. 
Coal). 

1905. 

January,    .... 

841,600,000 

27,200,000 

20,340,000 

34,260,000 

39.70 

74,900,000 

February,  .... 

598,800,000 

21,400,000 

18,040,000 

22,950,000 

39.40 

69,000,000 

March  

779,800,000 

25,200,000 

17,710,000 

34,700,000 

41.00 

102,100,000 

April  

724,000,000 

24,100,000 

17,770,000 

36,170,000 

41.60 

114,200,000 

May    . 

612,100,000 

19,700,000 

16,730,000 

24,070,000 

41.20 

86,600,000 

June,  

589,000,000 

19,600,000 

15,170,000 

21,360,000 

40.30 

89,800,000 

July  

514,200,000 

16,590,000 

12,840,000 

21,470,000 

40.00 

73,200,000 

August,      .... 

481,800,000 

15,540,000 

12,140,000 

21,560,000 

39.37 

69,800,000 

September, 

708,100,000 

23,600,000 

17,670,000 

65,250,000 

40.02 

91,300,000 

October  

559,200,000 

18,000,000 

14,720,000 

25,950,000 

40.14 

85,500,000 

November,         .        . 

548,100,000 

18,300,000 

15,650,000 

24,040,000 

40.10 

108,500,000 

December,         .        . 

685,100,000 

22,100,000 

' 

16,500,000 

32,200,000 

40.34 

111,000,000 

Total 

7  641,800,000 

Average, 

20,940,000 

16,270,000 

29,500,000 

40.26 

89,700,000 

Records  from  plunger  displacement. 
Average  slip  for  the  year  about  11  per  cent. 


164 


METROPOLITAN   WATER 


[Pub.  Doc. 


Quincy  Pumping  Station. 

At  this  station  are  two  compound  condensing   Deane  pumping 
engines. 

Contract  capacity  of  pumps :   one,  3,000,000  gallons,  the  other,  5,000,000  gallons,  with  36- 
foot  lift. 

Average  duty  for  the  year:  32,800,000  foot-pounds. 
Average  quantity  raised  each  day:  3,180,000  gallons. 
Force  employed :  3  engineers  and  1  screenman. 
Coal  used:  first-quality  Cumberland,  costing  from  $4.20  to  $4.75  per  ton. 

Table  of  Approximate  Quantities,  Lifts  and  Duties  at  the  Quincy  Pumping  Station 
of  the  South  Metropolitan  System. 


MONTHS. 

Total 
Pumpage 
(Gallons). 

Average 
per  Day 
(Gallons). 

Minimum 
Day 

(Gallons). 

Maximum 
Day 
(Gallons). 

Average 
Lift 
(Feet). 

Average 
Duty  (ft  -Ibe. 
per  100  Ibs. 
Coal). 

19O5. 

January,    .... 

108,877,000 

3,512,000 

2,881,000 

4,973,000 

35.60 

34,600,000 

February,  .... 

87,534,000 

3,126,000 

2,969,000 

3,315,000 

36.74 

31,600,000 

March  

110,443,000 

3,563,000 

3,011,000 

4,132,000 

38.29 

38,000,000 

April,         .... 

1-20,031,000 

4,001,000 

3,387,000 

5,059,000 

38.22 

40,700,000 

Mav 

101,670,000 

3,280,000 

2,834,000 

3,565,000 

38.83 

27,200,000 

June,  

90,273,000 

3,009,000 

2,825,000 

3,281,000 

39.62 

37,900,000 

July            .... 

84,559,000 

2,728,000 

2,491,000 

2,940,000 

38.38 

35,300,000 

August  

82,913,000 

2,675,000 

2,458,000 

2,998,000 

33.18 

32,400,000 

September, 

97,222,000 

3,241,000 

2,620,000 

3,891,000 

22.04 

31,300,000 

October  

92,323,000 

2,978,000 

2,778,000 

3,190,000 

22.00 

30,600,000 

November,        .        ... 

86,213,000 

2,874,000 

2,708,000 

3,165,000 

21.80 

26,000,000 

December, 

98,444,000 

3,176,000 

2,934,000 

3,315,000 

21.42 

28,200,000 

Total,  .... 

1  160,502,000 

_ 

_ 

~ 

I 

Average,     . 

3,180,000 

2,825,000 

3,652,000 

32.18 

32,800,000 

Xo.  57.] 


AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD. 


165 


Nut  Island  /Screen  House. 

The  plant  at  the  house  includes  two  sets  of  screens  in  duplicate, 
actuated  by  small  reversing  engines  of  the  Fitchburg  type.  Two  ver- 
tical Deane  boilers,  80  horse-power  each,  operate  the  engines,  pro- 
vide heat  for  the  house  and  burn  materials  intercepted  at  the  screens. 

Average  quantity  of  sewage  passing  screens  daily,  25,000,000  gallons. 

Total  materials  intercepted  at  screens  during  the  past  year,  543  cubic  ya 

Materials  intercepted  per  million  gallons  of  sewage  discharge,  1.6  cubic^ 

Force  employed:  3  engineers  and  3  screenmen. 

Coal  used :  281  tons  first  quality  Cumberland,  costing  from  $3.59  to  ^35  per  ton. 

In  the  following  tables  the  total  cost  oAjSnnping  and  the  rate 
per  million  foot-gallons  at  each  of  six  jfltoiping  stations  are  shown 
in  detail :  —  ^?- 

Average  Cost  per  Million  Foot-gallon&Wu  Pumping  at  the  Deer  Island  Station. 

Volume  (19,825  Million  Gallons)  X  Liff  (10.63  Feet)  =  210,741  Million  Foot  gallons. 


ITEMS. 

Cost. 

Cost 
per  Million 
Foot-  gallons. 

Labor 

$9  228  20 

$0  04379 

Coal  

6,035  26 

.02864 

Oil  

196  08 

.00093 

76  57 

.00036 

Water            

1  018  80 

.00483 

343  28 

.00163 

1,475  28 

.00700 

Totals 

$18  373  47 

$0  08718 

Average  Cost  per  Million  Foot- gallons  for  Pumping  at  the  East  Boston  Station. 

Volume  (19,095  Million  Gallons)  X  Lift  (16.23)  =309,913  Million  Foot.gallons. 


ITEMS. 

Cost. 

Cost 
per  Million 
Foot-gallons. 

Labor 

$8  689  89 

$0.02803 

Coal,      .               .                              .       .                       .... 

7,455  52 

.02406 

256  69 

.00083 

Waste 

61  43 

00019 

1  056  60 

.00341 

Packing  

48  56 

.00016 

Miscellaneous  supplies  and  renewals,       

948  33 

.00306 

Totals,    

$18,517  02 

$0.05974 

166 


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[Pub.  Doc. 


Average  Cost  per  Million  Foot-gallons  for  Pumping  at  the  Charlestown  Station. 

Volume  (10,899 Million  Gallons)  X  Lift  (7.85  Feet)  =85,559  Million  Foot-gallons. 


Cost 

per  Million 
Foot-gallons. 


Labor $8,599  81  $0.10051 

Coal, 2,768  54  .03235 

Oil,         . 169  90  .00199 

Waste,  . 71  02 

Water, 405  60  .00474 

Packing, 180  05  .00210 

Miscellaneous  supplies  and  renewals, 96129  .01124 

Totals, $13,166  21  $0.15376 

Average  Cost  per  Million  Foot-gallons  for  Pumping  at  the  Alewife  Brook  Station. 

Volume  (1,178.896  Million  Gallons)  X  Lift  (13.13  Feet)  =  15.479  Million  Foot-gallons. 

Cost 

ITEMS.  Cost.  per  Million 

Foot-gallons. 

Labor $3,296  89  $0.21299 

Coal, 1,521  16  .09827 

Oil 68  68  .00444 

Waste 38  22  .00247 

Water 150  48  .00972 

Packing 41  56  .00270 

Miscellaneous  supplies  and  renewals 138  16  .00893 

Totals $5,255  15  $0.33952 

Average  Cost  per  Million  Foot-gallons  for  Pumping  at  the  Ward  Street  Station. 

Volume  (7,642  Million  Gallons)  X  Lift  (40.26  Feet)  =807,659  Million  Foot-gallons. 

Cost 

ITEMS.  Cost.  per  Million 

Foot-gallons. 

Labor $10,946  61               $0.03558 

Coal 7,052  50                    .02292 

Oil 632  27                    .00206 

Waste 88  83                   .00029 

Water 1,117  20 

Packing, 287  24                    .00093 

Miscellaneous  supplies  and  renewals 267  82 

Totals, $20,392  47 


No.  57.] 


AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD. 


167 


Average  Cost  per  Million  Fool-gallons  for  Pumping  at  the  Quincy  Station. 

Volume  (1,160  Million  Gallons)  X  Lift  (32.18  Feet)  =37,345  Million  Foot-gallons. 


ITEMS. 

Cost. 

Cost 
perMillion 
Foot-gallons. 

Labor 

$3  581  19 

$0  09590 

Coal 

1  943  14 

.05203 

Oil  

30  22 

.00081 

Waste,  .                

11  41 

.00031 

Water 

178  42 

00478 

Packing 

40  03 

.00107 

Miscellaneous  supplies  and  renewals  
Totals  

581  98 
$6,366  39 

.01558 
$0.17048 

CARE  OF  SPECIAL  STRUCTURES. 

During  the  year  the  sea  has  encroached  on  the  right  of  way  for 
the  outfall  sewer  at  the  southerly  end  of  Deer  Island,  exposing  the 
sheathing  used  for  the  original  trench  excavation.  It  has  been 
found  necessary  to  defend  this  section  of  the  sewer  by  placing  heavy 
riprap  slopes  on  the  easterly  side  of  the  embankment  from  the  man- 
hole near  the  high-water  line  for  a  distance  of  about  200  feet  north- 
erly. This  work  has  involved  the  placing  of  350  tons  of  stone. 

OVERFLOW  AT   MALDEN. 

During  the  years  1900  and  1901  a  Metropolitan  main  sewer  was 
constructed  in  the  valleys  of  Spot  Pond  and  Ell  Pond  brooks,  from 
Wakefield  through  Melrose  and  Maiden  to  near  Barrett's  Pond.  At 
this  point  it  was  connected  with  the  original  Metropolitan  sewer. 

This  construction  was  adequate  until  last  spring,  when  the  Metro- 
politan sewer  below  Barrett's  Pond  became  surcharged,  and  acted  as 
a  pipe  under  pressure. 

The  new  sewer  should  be  extended  to  the  tidal  reaches  of  the 
Maiden  River  below  Charles  Street,  where  an  ample  overflow  from 
the  sewer  to  the  river  should  be  provided  from  this  branch  of  the 
Metropolitan  sewer,  until  such  time  as  the  works  are  more  compre- 
hensively relieved. 

MATERIAL  INTERCEPTED  AT  THE  SCREENS. 

The  material  intercepted  at  the  screens  at  the  North  Metropolitan 
sewerage  stations,  consisting  of  rags,  paper  and  other  floating  mat- 


168  WATER   AND  SEWERAGE  BOARD.   [P.  D.Xo.57. 

ters,  has  during  the  year  amounted  to  2,018  cubic  yards.  This  is 
equivalent  to  2.7  cubic  feet  for  each  million  gallons  of  sewage  pumped 
at  Deer  Island. 

SOUTH  METROPOLITAN  OUTFALLS. 

The  60-inch  outlet  pipes  in  the  harbor  have  been  in  operation 
fourteen  months  at  the  date  of  this  report.  During  the  past  year  the 
average  flow  through  them  has  been  25,000,000  gallons  of  sewage 
per  day,  with  a  maximum  of  78, 000, 000  gallons  during  heavy  storm. 

The  diving  contractor  who  placed  these  pipes  in  the  harbor  has 
recently  examined  the  outlets,  and  found  no  deposits  on  the  bed  of 
the  harbor  in  the  vicinity  of  the  outlets  either  of  sand  or  any  ma- 
terials from  the  sewage  discharge.  He  penetrated  the  pipes  for  a 
length  of  50  feet,  and  found  them  clean  and  in  normal  condition.  A 
recent  examination  of  the  shores  of  the  harbor  and  islands  in  the 
vicinity  of  the  outfalls  fails  to  disclose  any  trace  of  deposit  attribu- 
table to  this  sewage  discharge. 

ADDITIONAL  PUMPS  AT  QUINCY  STATION. 

An  examination  of  the  yearly  records  at  this  station  indicates  that 
the  average  sewage  flow  during  dry  weather  equals  and  for  much  of 
the  time  exceeds  the  capacity  of  the  smaller  of  the  two  pumps,  and  the 
sewage  flow  during  very  wet  conditions  exceeds  the  capacity  of  the 
larger  pump.  Additional  pumping  plant  at  this  station  should  be 
introduced  during  the  coming  season. 

MATERIAL  INTERCEPTED  AT  THE   SCREENS,  SOUTH   METROPOLITAN 

SYSTEM. 

The  material  intercepted  at  the  screens  at  the  stations  of  this 
system  has  amounted  to  1,986  cubic  yards,  equal  to  5.9  cubic  feet 
per  million  gallons  of  sewage  delivered  at  the  outfall  works  at  Nut 
Island. 

Studies  of  sewage  flows  in  the  Metropolitan  sewers,  siphons  and 
outfall  pipes  indicate  they  are  satisfactorily  free  from  deposit,  and  in 
normal  condition. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

WM.  M.  BROWN, 

Engineer  Sewerage  Works. 

BOSTON,  January  1, 1906. 


APPENDIX. 


170 


METROPOLITAN  TTATER 


[Pub.  Doc. 


APPENDIX  No.   1. 


CONTRACTS  MADE  AND  PENDING  DUKING 
Contracts  relating  to  the  Dam 

[NOTE.  —The  details  of  contracts  made  before 


1. 

Nnm- 
her 
of  Con- 
tract. 

a. 

WORK. 

3. 

Num- 
ber of 
Bids. 

AMOUNT  OF  BID. 

6. 

Contractor. 

4. 

Next  to  Low- 
est. 

5. 

Lowest. 

195 

Wachusett  Dam, 

11 

$1,680,870  00 

$1,603,635  00- 

McArthur  Brothers 
Company. 

245 

Section  2  of  relocation  of 
Central  Massachusetts 
Railroad  (extension  of 
Contract  No.  195)  . 

.2 

.2 

_2 

McArthur  Brothers 
Company 

2573 

Excavating  soil,  .        . 

6 

449,300  00 

414,987  50' 

Bruno,  Salomone  & 
Petitti. 

282  » 

Building  a  part  of  Newton 
Street  and  improving 
Crescent  Street,  West 
BoyUton,  Mass. 

8 

4,508  75 

4,496  431 

Newell  &  Snowling  Con- 
struction Co.,  U  x  - 
bridge,  Mass,  (by 
assignment  from  Mc- 
Bride  &  Co.)  . 

2833 

Stillwater  River  Improve- 
ment, West  Boylston 
and  Sterling,  Mass. 

8 

25,500  00 

25,461  25i 

McBride  &  Co., 
Brighton,  Mass. 

2843 

Riprap  at  South  Dike, 
BoyUton,  Mass. 

_2 

_2 

_2 

McArthur  Brothers  Co., 
Chicago,  111. 

2853 

Surfacing  highways  with 
broken  stone  (Section  1), 
West  Boylston,  Mass. 

6 

7,254  09 

7,211  921 

The  H.  Gore  Co  ., 
Boston,  Mass. 

286» 

Surfacing  highways  with 
broken  stone  (Section  2), 
West  Boylston  and  Boyl 
eton,  Mass 

5 

9,563  70 

9,360  95i 

The  H.  Gore  Co., 
Boston,  Mass. 

289 

Brass  railing  posts,  Wa- 
chusett  Dam,  Clinton  , 

Mass. 

4 

5,780  00 

4,150  OOi 

J.  H.  McCafferty  &  Co., 
Boston,  Mass. 

2903 

Brass  tubing  for  railing, 
Wachusett  Dam,  Clin- 
ton, Mass. 

4 

2,165  45 

2,165  451 

American  Tube  Works, 
Boston,  Mass. 

291 

Granite  posts,  curbing  and 
edgestones  for  Wachu- 
sett Dam. 

Total     .... 

6 

1,741  00 

1,700  OOi 

F.  A.  McCauliff,  Fitch- 
burg,  Mass 

Contract  based  upon  this  bid. 


2 .Competitive  bids  were  not  received  on  this  contract. 


No.  57.] 


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171 


APPENDIX   No.   1. 


THE  YEAR  1905  —  WATER  WORKS. 

and  Reservoir  Department. 

1905  have  been  given  in  previous  reports.] 


7. 

8. 

9. 

1O. 

Date 
of  Contract. 

Date  of 
Completion  of 
Work. 

Prices  of  Principal  Items  of 
Contracts  made  in  1905. 

Value  of  Work 
done  Decem- 
ber 31,  1905. 

Oct.     1,  '00, 

- 

- 

$1,569,790  00 

April  18,  '02, 

- 

- 

282,390  00 

Dec.  27,  '02, 

Nov.  11,  '05, 

- 

643,680  45 

April  21,  '05, 

July     6,  '05, 

For  earth  excavation,  $0.183^  per  cubic  yard,    . 

4,812  25 

May  15,  '05, 

Nov.  11,  '05, 

For  clearing  and  grubbing,  $53  per  acre;  for  earth 
excavation,  $0.19%  per  cubic  yard. 

28,181  69 

May     4,  '05, 

Nov.  21,  '05, 

• 
For  riprap,  $125  per  cubic  yard  

15,385  24 

May  23,  '05, 

Nov.    9,  '05, 

For  shaping  roadbed,  $0.045  per  linear  foot;  for 
broken  stone  in  place,  $1.73  per  ton. 

7,856  09 

May  23,  '05, 

Nov.    4,  '05, 

For  shaping  road-bed,  $0.045  per  linear  foot;    for 
broken  stone  in  place,  $1.73  per  ton. 

9,790  48 

Sept.   8,  "05 

For  brasswork  $4  150, 

1  700  00 

Sept.   7,  '05, 

Nov.    8,  '05, 

2,192  06 

Dec.  12,  '05, 

- 

For  whole  work,  $1,700,        

- 

$2  465  778  26 

8  Contract  completed. 


172 


METROPOLITAN   WATER 


[Pub.  Doc. 


CONTRACTS  MADE  AND  PENDING  DURING  THE 
Contracts  relating  to  the 


Num- 
ber 
of  Con- 
tract. 

2. 

WORK. 

3. 

Num- 
ber of 
Bids. 

AMOUNT  OP  BID. 

6. 

Contractor. 

4. 

Next  to  Low- 
est. 

5. 

Lowest. 

287  » 

Cast-iron  water  pipes  and 
special  castings. 

3 

$2,017  74 

$1,691  80i 

Warren  Foundry  and 
Machine  Co.,  New 
York,  N.  T. 

288 

Pumping   engine    for   the 
Arlington  station. 

7 

7,900  00 

7,830  00 

Allis-Ch  aimers  Co., 
Milwaukee,  Wis. 

2923 

41.5  tons  special  castings,  . 

4 

69  00 
per  ton. 

57  50  1 
per  ton. 

R.  D.  Wood  &  Co., 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Special 
Order.  » 

2  36-inch  special    foot 
valves. 

_2 

_2 

_2 

Coffin  Valve  Co.,  Bos- 
ton. 

Special 
Order,  s 

Repairs  on  Upham  bouse 
in  Weston. 

3 

$1,325  00 

$874  OOi 

H.  L.  Cooper,  Weston, 
Mass. 

Special 
Order,  s 

36-inch  valve, 

_2 

_2 

_2 

Chapman  Valve  Mfg. 
Co.,  Indian  Orchard, 
Mass. 

Special 
Order.s 

Changing  36-inch    gate 
from  geared  to  hydrau- 
lic. 

Total, 

_2 

_2 

_2 

Coffin  Valve  Co.,  Bos- 
ton. 

Contract  based  upon  this  bid. 


2  Competitive  bids  were  not  received  on  this  contract. 


No.  57.] 


AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD. 


173 


YEAR  1905— WATEK  WORKS  —  Continued. 
Distribution  Department. 


7. 

8. 

9. 

10. 

Date 

of  Contract. 

Date  of 
Completion  of 
Work. 

Prices  of  Principal  Items  of 
Contracts  made  in  1905. 

Value  of  Work 
done  Decem- 
ber 31,  1905. 

April  28,  '05, 

July  18,  '05, 

For  48-inch  cast  iron   pipe,    $26  per  ton  of   2,000 
pounds;  for  special  castings,  $0.023  per  pound. 

$2,122  33 

Oct.  28,  '05, 

For  whole  work,  $9  790  

Mar.    6,  '05, 

Dec.   30,  '05, 

For  all  castings,  $57.50  per  ton  of  2,000  pounds, 

2.279  27 

Mar.    6.  '05, 

July   21,  '05, 

For  each  valve,  $493,     

986  00 

Mar.  29,  '65, 

June  16,  '05, 

For  whole  work,  $874,  

914  07 

May     8,  '05, 

Sept.  20,  '05, 

For  one  36-inch  hydraulic  valve,  $751.51,   . 

751  51 

June  14,  '05, 

Nov.  20,  '05, 

For  whole  work,  $687  

687  00 

.         .          . 



$7,740  18 

3  Contract  completed. 


174 


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[Pub.  Doc. 


CONTRACTS  MADE  AND  PENDING  DURING  THE  YEAR  1905— WATER  WOKKS  — 

Concluded. 

Summary  of  Contracts.1 


Value  of  Work 
done  Decem- 
ber 31, 1905. 


Wachusett  Reservoir,  6  contracts $609,706  20 

Relocation  of  Central  Massachusetts  Railroad,  1  contract 282,390  00 

Wachusett  Dam,  4  contracts 1,573,68206 

Distribution  Department,  3  contracts, 4,401  60 

Total  of  14  contracts  made  and  pending  during  the  year  1905 $2,470,179  86 

273  contracts  completed  from  1896  to  1904,  inclusive 13,100,481  31 

$16,570,661  17 

Deduct  for  work  done  on  11  Sudbury  Reservoir  contracts  by  the  city  of  Boston,  .  .  512,000  00 

Total  of  293  contracts $15,058,661  17 


In  this  summary,  contracts  charged  to  maintenance  are  excluded. 


Xo.  57.]  AXD    SEWERAGE   BOARD.  175 


APPENDIX    No.    2. 


CEMENT  TESTS  —  WATER  WORKS. 
The  following  tables  contain  :  — 

1.  Tests  of  cements  used  in  the  construction  of  the  Wachusett  Dam  and 
other  works  at  the  Wachusett  Reservoir  during  the  years  1901  to  1905, 
inclusive. 

2.  Tests  of  cements  used  in  the  construction  of  the  Weston  Aqueduct 
during  the  years  1901  to  1903,  inclusive. 

The  methods  of  testing  were  the  same  as  described  in  Appendix  No.  3 
of  the  annual  report  of  the  year  1897. 


176 


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[Pub.  Doc. 


Summary  of  Tests  of  Cement  used  in  the  Construction  of  the  Wachusett  Dam 


NTTMBEB  OF 
BARBELS 

U8KD. 

1 

FINENESS. 

WIRE 

TESTS. 

TENSILE 
STRENGTH. 

BRAND. 

1 

jinposition  of  Briqu 

;r  Cent.  Residue  on 
No.  50  Sieve,  2,500 
Meshes  to  Square 
Inch. 

•i  Cent.  Residue 
on  No.  100  Hieve, 
10,000  Meshes  to 
Square  Inch 

lls 
wsl| 

si 

inutes  to  Bear 
Light  Wire. 

inutes  to  Bear 
Heavy  Wire. 

ONE  DAT. 

umber  of 
Briquettes., 

f| 

SOD 

3 

£ 

0 

S              £ 

& 

S 

a 

(5 

Portland  cement:  — 

Alpha,  . 

150 

491 

Neat,  . 
2tol,  . 

.4 

10.9 

28.6 

158 

347 

316 

47 

694 

Alsen,   . 

225 

355 

Neat,  . 
2tol,  . 

.4 

11.2 

26.4 

116 

291 
306 

31 

625 

Alias,    . 

3,064 

3,763 

Neat,  . 
2tol,  . 

.2 

9.0 

22.4 

113 

354 

287 

207 

571 

Catskill, 

- 

305 

Neat,  . 
2tol,. 

.4 

7.0 

22.3 

130 

300 
298 

10 

476 

Giant,    . 

65,809 

70,704 

Neat,  . 
2tol,  . 

.5 

8?7 

21.9 

140 

380 
383 

4,088 

586 

Helderberg,  . 

200 

212 

I  Neat.  . 
)2tol,  . 

.2 

5.0 

19.9 

173 

480 
450 

23 

383 

Iron  Clad, 

4,260 

4,540 

Neat,  . 
2tol,  . 

.1 

4.2 

17.1 

86 

304 
293 

222 

652 

Lehigh,. 

7,245 

14,075 

Neat,  . 
2tol|. 

.1 

8.2 

22.0 

217 

484 
481 

975 

528 

Star,      .        .        . 

- 

1,200 

Neat,  . 
2tol,. 

.5 

9.8 

24.4 

154 

336 
356 

51 

691 

Stettin-Girstow,  . 

- 

2,200 

Neat,  . 
2tol,  . 

•_7 

8.3 

2K3 

62 

178 
351 

252 

377 

Whitehall,    . 

150 

150 

Neat,  . 
2tol,  . 

.3 

8.3 

27.5 

180 

360 
450 

20 

736 

Total, 

81,103 

97,995 

J2tol!! 

.4 

""'?" 

—\— 

144 

381 
384 

5,926 

On 

Natural  cement  :  — 

(  Neat,  . 

.9 

6.2 

13.6 

65 

131 

7,070 

173 

Union,  . 

182,480 

182,480 

Itol,. 

56 

110 

(2tol,  . 

" 

~ 

~ 

" 

• 

" 

• 

Summary  of  Tests  of  Cement  used  in  the  Construction 


Portland  cement:  — 

Atlas,    . 

- 

91,875 

Neat,  . 
2tol  . 

.2 

9.4 

20.0 

58 

331 
417 

4,356 

423 

Giant,    . 

- 

7,653 

Neat,  . 
2tol,. 

.3 

9.5 

20.7 

69 

303 
866 

430 

420 

Baylor's, 

- 

2,200 

Neat,  . 
2tol,. 

.2 

6.2 

18.0 

161 

479 
544 

127 

214 

Lehigh, 

- 

5,160 

Neat,  . 
2tol,  . 

.1 

9.7 

20.8 

134 

344 
515 

207 

374 

Total, 

- 

106,888 

Neat,  . 
2tol,  . 

.2 

9.4 

20.0 

65 

333 
420 

5,120 

415 

Natural  cement  :  — 

Hoffman, 

- 

98,347 

\  Neat,  . 
1  to  1,  . 

1.1 

6.8 

- 

27 
9A 

61 

63 

4,485 

138 

Union,  .        .        . 

- 

14,738 

Neat,  . 
Itol,  . 

1.0 

6.8 

13.1 

40 
27 

90 
73 

832 

157 

Total, 

- 

113,085 

Neat,  . 
Itol,. 

1.1 

6.8 

• 

29 
26 

65 
64 

6,317 

141 

No.  57.] 


AXD   SEWERAGE   BOARD. 


177 


and  Other  Works  at  the  Wachusetl  Reservoir,  1901  to  1905,  Inclusive. 


TENSILE  STRENGTH  —  Concluded. 

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TWENTY- 

THREC 

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475 

251 

538 

15 

597 

15 

664 

15 

692 

15 

709 

15 

728 

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250 

281 

252 

378 

15 

448 

16 

496 

15 

486 

15 

486 

15 

481 

15 

434 

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10 

20 

946 

13 

970 

5 

996 

5 

971 

5 

874 

5 

1,047 

5 

839 

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20 

434 

18 

478 

5 

ft 

445 

5 

431 

5 

352 

- 

- 

5 

388 

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11 

5,861 

832 

5,165 

850 

531 

817 

455 

872 

469 

856 

445 

~864 

380 

876 

310 

863 

204 

876 

5,926 

394 

5,172 

452 

555 

458 

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449 

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440 

433 

380 

401 

310 

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7,065 

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469 

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7,042     183 
1,399     118 

2,918 
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273 
197 

425 
355 

398 
287 

410 
325 

8    : 

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365 
300 

526 
418 

1 

1 

230 
164 

S 

100 

100 

621 
413 

of  the  Weston  Aqueduct,  1901  to  1903,  Inclusive. 


II 

II 

II         1 

1        1 

4,346 

664 

2.266       718    i  490 

7451    275i     757 

_ 

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1S3 

750 

93 

741 

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832      14    836 

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191 

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482      89     476 

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491 

49 

490 

' 

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418 

20 

433 

10 

434      10 

426 

5,117 

664 

2,767 

721 

725 

750 

491 

772 

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362 

767 

172 

778 

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4,909 

288 

3,078 

403 

760 

468 

507 

448 

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393 

418 

157 

419 

121 

388 

40 

381 

4,474 
4,415 

164 

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2,509 

2,580 

253 
242 

220 
217 

320 

335 

159 

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355 

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No.  57.]  AND    SEWERAGE   BOARD. 


179 


TABLE  No.  2.  —  Rainfall  in  Inches  at  Jefferson,  Mass.,  in  1905. 


DAT  OP  MONTH. 

January. 

February. 

1 

! 

>, 

1 

•-5 

j*. 

a 
>-> 

1 

September 

October. 

November. 

December. 

3  
4                        ... 

1.60s 

- 

- 

- 

- 

i 
5.38 

- 

0.65 

1.30 

0.80' 

1.21 

0.57 

0.13 

0.14 

0.50 

8                        ... 

0  48 

9  
10,      

0.408 

0.653 
0.42 

0.14 

0.35 
1.30 

0.38 

i 

- 

- 

i 
0.952 

0  653 

0  73 

0  08 

0.67 

0  76 

15,      

- 

/ 

0.022 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

0.26 

- 

17 

i 

0.08 

i 

i 

0  04  2 

i 

0  45 

1.13 

i 

i 

1.14 

27  

- 

0.23 

- 

0.09 

- 

0.06 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1.46 

0.56 

30 

0  12 

0  06 

i 

0  41 

Total, 

1.73 

4.27 

2.39 

0.82 

5.74 

3.83 

3.16 

6.64 

1.93 

2.87 

4.09 

Total  for  the  year,  43.40  inches. 
Rainfall  included  in  that  of  following  day.  *  Snow. 


Rain  and  snow. 


180 


METROPOLITAN   WATER  [Pub.  Doc. 


TABLE  No.  3.  —  Rainfall  in  Inches  at  Framingham,  Mass.,  in  1905. 


DAT  or  MONTH. 

1 
a 

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February. 

1 

£ 
a 
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1 

2? 

3 
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1 

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1 

November. 

1 

0  02 

0  18 

2,            .              .       . 

0  20 

i 

3  

1  58' 

- 

0  02- 

- 

- 

- 

0.05 

6  28 

0.08 

0  56 

1  18* 

i 

0  03 

6,      

0.97s 

1.31 

0.04 

0  46 

0  03 

0.33 

7  

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0.022 

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- 

- 

- 

. 

- 

9  

i 

0.04 

0.06 

0.08 

i 

10                        ... 

0  65 

0.08 

_ 

0.722 

11  

0.75 

0.07 

0.04 

12 

0  58 

0  61s 

0  08 

1  04 

0  22 

0  39 

0  37 

0.16 

0.49 

15 

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16 

0  21 

0.07 

19  
20,      .                 ... 

- 

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0.25 

- 

0.63 

0.62 

0.02 

i 
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0.87 

- 

- 

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- 

0.752 

- 

- 

0.83 

- 

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0.01 

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26,      .        .        .        .     :. 
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0.16 

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- 

29  
30 

- 

- 

0  02 

0.02 

0  13 

- 

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0.11 
0  28 

- 

- 

0.97 

0.92 

Total, 

5.30 

2.12 

3.21 

2.66 

1.23 

5.03 

6.21 

2.54 

7.16 

1.41 

1.94 

4.02 

Total  for  the  year,  41.83  inches. 
Rainfall  included  In  that  of  following  day.  -  Snow. 


3  Rain  and  snow. 


No.  57.] 


AND   SEWEEAGE   BOAED. 


181 


TABLE  No.  4.  —  Rainfall  in  Inches  at  Chestnut  Hill  Reservoir  in  1905. 


DATE. 

| 

«! 

Duration. 

DATE. 

| 

Duration. 

Jan.     2, 
Jan.     4, 
Jan.     6, 
Jan.      7, 
Jan.    11, 
Jan.    12, 
Jan.   21, 
Jan.    22, 
Jan     24, 
Jan.    25, 
Jan.    28,      . 

I'-" 
,.«. 

0.60 
0.152 
1.322 
0.07* 

10.15  A.M.  to 
2.30  P.M.  I 
4.55  A.M.  to 
8.10A.M. 
11.20  P.M.  to 
7.00AM. 
7.30  P.M.  to 
220P.M. 
6.30  P.M.  to 
11.35  P.M. 
1.30P.M.  to    5.00PM. 

June    2, 
June     6, 
June    7.      . 
June    8,      . 
June  11,      . 
June  13,      . 
June  19,      . 
June  22,      . 
June  26, 
June  27, 
June  28,      . 

0.02 
0.51 

0.68 
1.60 
2.00 
0.41 
0.14 
0  02 

3.50P.M.  to    6.10  P.M. 
1.30  A.M.  to    5.15P.M. 
8.30  P.M.  to 
1.00  P.M. 
10.05  P.M.  to 
2.45  A.M. 
4.30  A.M.  to 
5.45  A.M. 
2.15  A  M.  to 
7  20  P.M. 
11.30  A.M.  to    3.00PM. 

Total,    . 

5.49 

Total,    . 

TsT 

Feb.     6,      . 
Feb.     7,      . 
Feb.     8,      . 
Feb.   10,      . 
Fet..    12,      . 
Feb.   13,      . 
Feb.   20, 

Total,    . 

(.... 

|  0.602 
|  0.562 
0.06* 
2.27 

6.00  A.M.  to 
4.00  P.M. 
8.00  P.M.  to 

3.10A.M. 
4.30  P.M.  to 
4.45  P.M. 
11.00  A.M.  to    600PM. 

July     2,      . 
July     3,      .        . 
July   10,      . 
July   14,      . 
July   16,      .        . 
July   17,      . 
July   19,      . 
July  29,      . 
Aug     1,      . 

0.31 
0.04 

0.82' 
0.06 
0.02 
0.04 
j  0.63 

5.15  A.M.  to 
3.00  A.M. 
4.20  A  M.  to    6.40  A  M. 
6.05  P.M.  to  11.55PM. 
10.05  P.M.  to  11.  25  P.M. 

5  45  A.M.  tO     8.10AM. 

1.35  P.M.  to    500PM. 
4.45P.M.  to 
7.00  A.M. 

Mar.    4,      . 

0.05* 

5.05  A.M   to    330P.M. 

Total,    . 

1.92 

Mar.     7,       . 
Mar.     9,       . 

J0.91 

10.00  p.M   to 
12.25  P.M. 

Aug.    1,      . 

0.02 

7.00  A.M  to    4.20  P.M. 

Mar.  10,      . 
Mar.  19,      . 
Mar.  20,      . 
Mar.  21,      . 
Mar.  22,      . 
Mar.  25,      . 
Mar.  26,      . 
Mar.  28,      . 
Mar.  30,      . 

Total,    . 

0.40 
0.24 
0.03 
jl.04» 
J0.5B 
0.04 
0.10 

3.34 

8.00  p.M   to  11.25P.M. 
6.05  A.M   to  10.30  p  M 

1.20  A.M    to     7.30A.M. 

11.45A.M.  to 
6.45  A.M.  1 
12.10  A  M.  to 
2.20A.M. 
10.00  P.M.  to  12.00  P.M. 
9.00P.M.  to  10.15P.M. 

Aug.    2,      . 
Aug.    3,      .        . 
Aug.     9,      .        . 
Aug.  12,      . 
Aug.  16,      .        . 
Au|.  16!      .        . 
Aug.  22,      .        . 
Aug.  24,       . 
Aug.  25,      .        . 
Aug.  27, 
Aug.  29,      . 
Aug.  30,      .        . 

0.07 
0.09 
0.15 
1.06 
0.62 
0.18 
0.22' 
JO.  29 

0.19 
0.11 
0.44' 

3.40  P.M.  to    4.15P.M. 

4.00  A.M.  tO     6.30  A.M. 

1.15  P.M.  to    8  00  P.M. 
11.40  A  M   to    4.30P.M. 

5.45A.M.  tO  11.00  AM. 

3.30  p  M.  to    9.10  p  M. 
605P.M.  to    6.45PM. 
11.  00  P.M.  to 
3.20  p  M. 
8.20A.M.  to    9.30A.M. 
2.00  A.M.  to    5.45  A.M. 
9.00P.M.  to  11.  05PM. 

Apr.    4,      . 
Apr.     6,      . 

jl.74 

10.40  P.M.  to 

11.30AM. 

Total,    . 

3.47 

Apr    11 
Apr.  12,      .        . 
Apr.  20,      . 
Apr.  22,      . 
Apr.  29,      .        . 

Total,    . 

J0.82 
J0.60 
0.02 
3.08 

1.30  A.M. 
6.10  P.M.  to 
3.15  A.M.  i 
4.30  P.M.  to    8.00  P.M. 

Sept.    2,      .        . 
Sept.    4,      . 
Sept.    6,      .       . 
Sept.  11,      . 
Sept.  13,      . 
Sept.  17, 
Sept   19 

J5.24 
0.20' 
j  0.24 
j  0.25 

9.38  P.M.  to 
2.35  P.M. 
5.55P.M.  to    6.30P.M. 
3.30  P.M.  to 
1.30A.M. 
11.20  P.M.  to 
12  45  A  M 

May     6,      . 

May     7,      . 

0.04 
0.04' 

2.05  A  M.  to    4.00  A.M. 

Total,    . 

5.93 

May     9,      .        . 
May    12,      . 
May    13,      . 
May    14,      . 
May    16,      . 
May    18,      .        . 
May    19,      .        . 
May   Sol      .        . 

Total,    . 

0.07 

jo.oe 

JO.  30 
0.37' 
0.62 
0.15 

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5.10A.M.  to    8.00A.M.  i 
2.55  A.M.  to 
1.15  A.M. 
1.10  P  M.  to 

12.30A.M. 
1.00  A.M.  to    9.15  P.M 
5.45A.M.  to    8.15  A.M 
1.05  A.M.  to    2.10AM. 

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Oct.      3,      . 
Oct.    11,      . 
Oct.    12,      . 
Oct.    19,      . 
Oct.    22,      . 
Oct     24,      . 
Oct.    25,      . 

Total,   . 

0.07 
I  0.30 

1.14 

JO.  02 
1.53 

3.30A.M.  tO    7.00A.M. 
9.40  P.M.  to 
5.50A.M. 
10.20  P.M.  to 
8.30  A.M. 
9.30  P.M.  to 

1.30A.M. 

Rain  and  snow. 


Bnow. 


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Duration 

DATE. 

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i 

Duration. 

Nov.    3,      . 
Nov.    4,      . 

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Dec.     3,      . 

jl.23 

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Nov.    7,      . 

0.33 

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Dec.   10,      . 

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Nov.  15,      . 
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Dec.  23,      . 

1.05 
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Nov.  24,      . 
Nov.  25,      . 

0.03 

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Dee.  29,      . 
Jan.     1,  '06, 

0.65 
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2.50A.M.  to    5.25AM. 

Nov.  28,      . 

i  1  9fi 

5.00  P.M.  to 



Nov.  29,      . 

j  1.26 

9.45  P.M. 

Total,    . 

4.27 

Total,    . 

2.51 

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TABLE  No.  19.  —  Average  Daily  Consumption  of  Water  during  the  Tear  1905, 
in  the  Cities  and  Towns  supplied  by  the  Metropolitan  Water  Works,  includ- 
ing Boston,  Somerville,  Chelsea,  Maiden,  Everett,  Quincy,  Medford,  Mel- 
rose,  Severe,  Waterlown,  Arlington,  Lexington,  Milton,  Stoneham,  Winthrop, 
Swampscott,  Selmont,  Nahant  and  a  Small  Portion  of  Saugus.  (For  Con- 
sumption of  Water  in  Whole  Metropolitan  Water  District,  see  Table  No.  23.) 


MONTH. 

Average 
Dally 
Consumption 
(Gallons). 

Estimated 
Population. 

Consumption 
per 
Inhabitant 

(Gallons). 

127  669  000 

895  600 

143 

137,491,000 

896,770 

153 

March,       

117  897  000 

897  950 

131 

April 

108  800  000 

899  130 

121 

May,         ..... 

112  422  000 

900  300 

125 

114  028,000 

901  200 

127 

July 

121  178  000 

902  090 

134 

August,     

117  826  000 

902  980 

131 

116,790  000 

903,870 

129 

October     .                                . 

114  831  000 

904  760 

127 

113,431  000 

905,650 

125 

December  

119,593,000 

906,540 

132 

For  the  year  

118,398,000 

902,090 

131 

TABLE  No. 


).  —  Average  Daily   Consumption  of  Water,  in  Gallons,  from  the 
Low-service  System  in  1905. 


SOUTHERN 
Low  SERVICE. 

NORTHERN 
Low  SERVICE. 

MONTH. 

Boston, 
excluding 
East  Boston 
and 
Charlestown. 

Portions  of  Charles- 
town,  Somerville, 
Chelsea,  Everett, 
Maiden,  Medford, 
East  Boston  and 
Arlington. 

Total 
Low-service 
Consumption. 

52  070  000 

33,044,000 

85,114,000 

54  276  000 

37  050  000 

9  1  326  000 

March  

47  677  000 

29  048,000 

76,725  000 

April  

44,059,000 

26,071,000 

69,130,000 

May       ... 

45  206  000 

25  220  000 

70  426,000 

45  685,000 

24  977,000 

70,662,000 

July,     

47,229,000 

27,784,000 

75,013,000 

28  119  000 

74  585  000 

46,001,000 

27,896,000 

73,897,000 

October,       

44  628  000 

27  802  000 

72,430,000 

44  925  000 

26  813  000 

71  738  000 

December  

47,487,000 

28,958,000 

76,445,000 

47  106  000 

28  436,000 

75,542,000 

200 


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TABLE  No.  21.  —  Average  Daily  Consumption  of  Water,  in  Gallons,  from  the 
High-service  and  Extra  High-service  Systems  in  1905. 


SOUTHERN 
HIGH 
SERVICE. 

SOUTHERN 
EXTRA  HIGH 
SERVICE. 

NORTHERN 
HIGH  SERVICE. 

NORTHERN 
EXTRA  HIGH 
SERVICE. 

MONTH. 

Quincy,  Water, 
town,  Belmont 
and  Portions 
of  Boston  and 
Milton. 

Portions  of 
Boston 
and  Milton. 

Revere,  Winthrop, 
Swampscott,  Nahant, 
Stoneham,  Melrose, 
and  Portions  of 
Boston,  Chelsea, 
Everett,  Maiden, 
Medford,  Somerville 
and  Saugua. 

Lexington 
and 
Portion 
of  Arlington. 

January,  

33,539,000 

555,000 

7,956,000 

505,000 

February,        .... 
March 

35,985,000 
32  218  000 

567,000 

9,077,000 
7  898  000 

536,000 
501  000 

30,898,000 

541,000 

7  709,000 

522,000 

May  

32,401,000 
33,328  000 

662,000 
663  000 

8,315,000 
8  733  000 

618,000 
637  000 

July  

34,593,000 
33  234  000 

769,000 
673  000 

10,040,000 
8  679  000 

763,000 
655  000 

September  
October  

33,470,000 
33  629  000 

655,000 
677  000 

8,146,000 
7  508  000 

622,000 
587  000 

November,      .... 

33,436,000 
34,345,000 

654,000 
646000 

7,062,000 
7,633,000 

541,000 
524  000 

For  the  year,    . 

33,409,000 

636,000 

8,226,000 

585,000 

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TABLE  No.  23.  —  Consumption  of  Water  in  the  Metropolitan  Water  District,  as 
constituted  in  the  Tear  1905,  the  Town  of  Swampscott  and  a  Small  Section 
of  the  Town  of  Saugus,  from  1893  to  1905. 

[Gallons  per  Day.] 


MONTH, 

1893. 

1894. 

1 
1895.         1896. 

1897. 

1898. 

1899. 

January  

75,209,000 
7  1  900  000 

67,506,000;  68,925,000 
68,944,000]  80,375,000 
62,710,000  69,543,000 
57,715,000  62,909,000 
60,676,000  65,194,000 
63,329,000:  69,905,000 
73,642,000|  69,667,000 
67,995,000  72,233,000 
67,137,000|  73,724,000 
62,735,OOOJ  67,028,000 
62,231,OOOJ  64,881,000 
65,108,000  70,443,000 
65,382,000  69,499,000 
743,354        763,557 
88.0            91.0 

82,946,000 
87,021,000 
86,111,000 
77,529,000 
73,402,000 
77,639,000 
80,000,000 
78,537,000 
74,160,000 
71,762,000 
71,933.000 
79,449,000 
78,360,000 
786,385 
99.7 

85,366,000 
83,967,000 
82,751,000 
79,914,000 
76,772,000 
77,952,000 
85,525,000 
84,103,000 
84,296,000 
79,551,000 
72,762,000 
76,594,000 
80,793,000 
809,213 

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83,880,000;    96,442,000 
87,475,000;  103,454,000 
85,468,000  [    90,200,000 
76,574,0»o'    86,491,000 
76,677,000     89,448,000 
83,463,000     97,691,000 
88,228,000     96,821,000 
87,558,000    92,072,000 
88,296,000     91,478,000 
81,770,000     89,580,000 
78,177,000     86,719,000 
86,355,000     85,840,000 
83,651,000     92,111,000 
832,042          854,870 
100.6            107.8 

March  
April,  . 

67,633,000 
62,309,000 
61,025,000 
63,374,000 
69,343,000 
66,983,000 
64,654,000 
63  770  000 

May  
June,  
Jnly, 

August,  
September  
October 

November  
December,  .... 

Average  for  the  year,  . 
Population,  .... 
Consumption  per  inhabitant, 

61,204,000 
66,700,000 
66,165,000 
723,153 
91.5 

MONTH. 

19OO. 

1901. 

19O2. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

January,  . 

100,055,000 
98,945,000 
97,753,000 
89,497,000 
87,780,000 
98,581,000 
107,786,000 
102,717,000 
103,612,000 
98,358,000 
93,648,000 
97,844,000 

98,059,000 
877,698 
111.7 

111,875,000 
117,497,000 
105,509,000 
93,317,000 
95,567,000 
103,420,000 
106,905,000 
102,815,000 
102,103,000 
103,389,000 
101,324,000 
113,268,000 

104,645,000 
892,740 
117.2 

118,435,000 
117,263,000 
108,461,000 
103,153,000 
106,692,000 
1  10,002,000 
108,340,000 
107,045,000 
107,752,000 
106,560,000 
105,175,000 
125,434,000 
110,345,000 
907,780 
121.6 

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122,728,000)  143,222,000 
111,977,000;  123,334,000 
107,179,000;  108,688,000 
111,589,000  111,715,000 
105,590,000  111,209,000 
107,562,000'  113,584,000 
103,570,000'  112,836,000 
106,772,000'  114,183,000 
103,602,000;  108,290,000 
103,477,000  108,054,000 
114,721,000;  125,119,000 
110,277,000  118,114,000 
922,820         937,860 
119.5             125.9 

130,878,000 
140,595,000 
120,879,000 
111,898,000 
115,804,000 
117,441,000 
124,769,000 
121,158,000 
120,103,000 
118,301,000 
116,693,000 
122,696,000 

121,671,000 
953,556 
127.6 

February,  
March  
April  
May  
June  

July  

August,  
September,  
October 

November,  
December,  

Average  for  the  year, 
Population  
Consumption  per  inhabitant, 

This  table  Includes  the  water  consumed  in  the  cities  and  towns  enumerated  in  Table  No.  19,  together 
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to  1904  have  been  revised  since  the  census  of  1905  became  available,  and  consequently  differ  from  those 
published  in  a  corresponding  table  in  the  preceding  annual  report. 


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TABLE  No.  30.  —  Chemical  Examinations   of  Water  from  a  Faucet  in  Boston, 
from  1892  to  1905. 

[Parts  per  100,000.] 


YEAR. 

COLOR. 

RESIDUE  ON 
EVAPORATION. 

AMMONIA. 

Chlorine. 

NITROGEN 

AS 

Oxygen  Consumed.  1 

! 

OS 

- 

Nessler 
Standard. 

Platinum 
Standard. 

1 

ILoss  on 
Ignition. 

1 

ALBUMINOID. 

j 

Nitrites. 

1 

I1 

it 

1892,  .    . 

.37 

37 

4.70 

1.67 

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.0168 

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.41 

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1.9 

1893,  .    . 

.61 

53 

4.54 

1.84 

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.0174 

.0147 

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.38 

.0143 

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.00 

1.3 

1894,  . 

.69 

58 

4.64 

1.83 

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.0169 

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.41 

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.63 

1.7 

1895,  .    . 

.72 

50 

4.90 

2.02 

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.0197 

.0175 

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.40 

.0171 

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.69 

0.7 

1896,  . 

.49 

45 

4.29 

1.67 

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.0165 

.0142 

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.37 

.0155 

.0001 

.56 

1.4 

1897,  . 

.05 

55 

4.82 

1.84 

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.0193 

.0177 

.0016 

.40 

.0137 

.0001 

.64 

1.6 

1898,  .    . 

.41 

40 

4.19 

1.60 

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.0152 

.0136 

.0016 

.29 

.0097 

.0001 

.44 

1.4 

1899,  . 

.23 

28 

3.70 

1.30 

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.0136 

.0122 

.0014 

.24 

.0187 

.0001 

.35 

1.1 

1900,  . 

.24 

20 

3.80 

1.20 

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.0157 

.0139 

.0018 

.25 

.0076 

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.38 

1.3 

1901,  . 

.24 

20 

4.43 

1.64 

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.0158 

.0142 

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.30 

.0173 

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.42 

1.7 

1902,  .    . 

.26 

30 

3.93 

1.56 

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.0139 

.0119 

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.29 

.0092 

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.40 

1.3 

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29 

3.98 

1.50 

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.0110 

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.30 

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28 

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1.59 

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3.89 

1.67 

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1.4 

Note  relating  to  Chemical  Examinations  of  Water,  Tables  Nos,  24-30. 
The  chemical  examinations  contained  in  the  tables  were  made  by  the 
State  Board  of  Health.  Colors  have  been  determined  by  the  Nessler 
standard,  but  the  corresponding  values  by  the  platinum  standard  are  also 
given,  for  the  purpose  of  comparison  with  colors  determined  in  the  labora- 
tory of  the  Metropolitan  Water  and  Sewerage  Board,  as  given  in  subsequent 
tables.  The  odor  recorded  is  taken  in  such  a  way  that  it  is  a  much  stronger 
odor  than  would  be  noticed  in  samples  drawn  directly  from  a  tap  or  col- 
lected directly  from  a  reservoir.  The  more  important  samples  are  collected 
and  examined  monthly ;  those  of  less  significance,  at  intervals  of  two  or 
three  months. 


No.  57.] 


AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD. 


213 


TABLE  No.  31.—  Colors  of  Water  from  Various  Parts  of  the  Metropolitan  Water 
Works  in  1905.     (Means  of  Weekly  Determinations.) 

[Platinum  Standard.] 


MONTH. 

WACHCSETT 
RESERVOIR. 

SUDBURY 
RESERVOIR. 

FRAMINGHAM 
RESERVOIR 
No.  3. 

SPOT 
POND. 

FELLS 
RESERVOIR. 

j 

a 

CD 

Mid-depth. 

E 
I 

Worcester 
Street  Bridge. 

i 

Surface. 

Mid-depth. 

H 

k 

^  § 

f 

Mid-depth. 

Mid-depth. 

Effluent 
Gate-house. 

January,  . 

- 

- 

- 

- 

26 
32 
41 
39 
35 
28 
23 
21 
21 
25 
23 
24 

28 

24 

34 
26 
29 
34 
27 
20 
19 
IS 
23 
23 
22 

25 

21 
M 

30 
29 
34 
27 
21 
19 
IS 
23 
23 
22 

25 

20 

•26 
31 
29 
34 
27 
22 
20 
18 
24 

22 
24 

55 
34 
71 

88 
36 
50 
24 
22 
106 
26 

A 

48 

22 
24 
29 
31 

27 
82 
20 
24 
24 
23 
21 

21 
21 

25 
24 
23 
20 
18 
16 
17 
17 
18 
18 

20 
21 
22 
22 
21 
21 
17 
15 
15 
15 
16 
15 

18 

April, 
May,' 
June, 
July, 
August, 
September, 
October,   . 
November, 
December, 

33 
2S 
23 
21 

20 

M 
23 

•23 

34 
2S 
23 
M 
21 
25 
•23 
•24 

3,i 
2S 
24 
23 
24 
26 
24 
24 

43 
45 
49 
47 
66 
40 
47 
59 

25 

20 

TABLE  No.  31—  Concluded. 

[Platinum  Standard.] 


LAKE  COCHITUATB. 

CHESTNUT  HILL 
RESERVOIR. 

NORTHERN 
SERVICE. 

SOUTHERN 
SERVICE. 

» 

•d*o 

jd   *  ** 

So 

-  - 

MONTH. 

1 

id-depth. 

. 

ifluent  Streams. 

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Aqueduct; 

ilet  (Cochttuat 
Aqueduct). 

ffluent  Gate- 
house No.  2. 

1 

m 

ap  at  Hancoc 
Street,  Fire  Sti 
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(High  Service), 

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January, 

41 

29 

31 

73 

25 

_ 

27 

27 

21 

25 

28 

February, 

47 

28 

30 

71 

29 

34 

26 

25 

20 

25 

26 

March, 

38 

29 

31 

75 

36 

40 

39 

37 

25 

37 

37 

April,  . 

36 

36 

36 

84 

32 

35 

32 

28 

22 

30 

32 

May,     . 

33 

32 

34 

100 

33 

32 

29 

29 

21 

31 

31 

June,    . 

29 

36 

108 

34 

25 

31 

31 

21 

31 

31 

July,     . 

23 

28 

40 

96 

32 

22 

30 

31 

17 

26 

29 

August, 

20 

25 

43 

57 

36 

21 

29 

28 

16 

26 

26 

September, 

23 

28 

102 

59 

25 

23 

27 

26 

17 

23 

27 

October, 

27 

30 

126 

89 

30 

25 

27 

26 

19 

27 

27 

November, 

28 

47 

88 

37 

28 

35 

37 

18 

28 

33 

December, 

27 

28 

81 

83 

34 

27 

S3 

34 

18 

29 

31 

Mean,    . 

31 

29 

49 

82 

32 

- 

30 

30 

20 

28 

30 

1  The  colors  given  in  this  column  represent  the  combined  colors  of  the  waters  of  the  four  principal 
feeders.  The  color  of  each  is  determined  monthly,  and  due  weight  is  given,  in  combining  the  results,  to 
the  sizes  of  the  streams. 


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TABLE  No.  32. —  Temperatures  of  Water  from  Various  Parts  of  the  Metropolitan 
Water  Works  in  1905.     (Means  of  Weekly  Determinations.) 

[The  temperatures  are  taken  at  the  same  places  and  times  as  the  samples  for  microscopical  examination; 
the  depth  given  for  each  reservoir  is  the  depth  from  high  water  mark.] 

[Degrees  Fahrenheit.] 


SUDBURY  RESERVOIR 

FRAMINGHAM  RESER- 

LAKE COCHITUATB 

WACHUSETT 
RESERVOIR. 

(DEPTH  AT  PLACE  OF 
OBSERVATION 

VOIR  No.  3  (DEPTH 
AT  PLACE  or  OBSER- 

(DEPTH  AT  PLACE 
OF  OBSERVATION 

54.5  FEET;. 

VATIOII  20.5  FEET). 

62.0  FEET). 

MONTH. 

a 

3 

II 

i 

3 

1 

| 

| 

2 

| 

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1 

2 

a 

1 

1 
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B 

00 

i 

M 

i 

S 

W 

DQ 

1 

i 

§ 

» 

January,      . 

34.2 

37.0 

38.0 

35.2 

36.0 

36.0 

36.0 

33.2 

35.2 

36.2 

February,    . 

„ 

_ 

_ 

32.6 

35.0 

36.1 

34.3 

35.0 

36.1 

36.4 

32.8 

36.1 

37.5 

March, 

— 

M 

- 

33.6 

34.9 

36.0 

35.3 

35.5 

36.2 

36.9 

34.9 

37.2 

37.8 

April,  . 

_, 

_ 

A, 

42.8 

42.3 

42.3 

44.9 

45.1 

45.1 

45.1 

42.3 

43.5  i  42.3 

May,    .        . 

58.5 

55.6 

53.8 

58.2 

57.0 

55.9 

54.9 

58.5 

58.4 

57.2 

58.1 

50.8     45.9 

Jane,   . 

67.0 

63.3 

60.0 

67.8 

64.9 

62.8 

65.8 

67.6 

67.5 

65.3 

69.6 

54.6  !  47.5 

July,    . 

77.3 

69.4 

65.2 

76.0 

71.8 

69.3 

75.8 

77.7 

76.9 

76.6 

74.8 

53.6 

48.0 

August, 

70.8 

67.6 

62.3 

75.4 

71.3 

67.8 

71.9 

73.3 

72.9 

72.7 

73.1 

54.0 

49.3 

September,  . 

66.3 

65.1 

61.1 

66.8 

66.5 

66.0 

65.9 

65.9 

65.8 

65.8 

66.3 

53.8     46.8 

October, 

58.7 

55.6 

50.8 

57.8 

58.4 

58.3 

57.4 

56.8 

57.0 

57.1 

58.9 

54.9  !  46.5 

November,  . 

45.3 

45.1 

45.0 

44.4 

44.9 

45.3 

44.3 

41.3 

42.1 

41.1 

44.9 

45.4     44.3 

December,  . 

37.5 

37.5 

36.7 

38.3 

1_ 

39.4 

37.9 

35.3 

38.5 

36.6 

37.1 

38.5  |  39.3 

Mean,    . 

- 

- 

- 

52.3 

51.9     51.4 

52.0 

52.3 

52.5 

52.2 

52.2 

46.5 

43.5 

TABLE  No.  32  —  Concluded. 

[Degrees  Fahrenheit.] 


CHESTNUT 
HILL 
RESERVOIR. 

SPOT  POND  (DEPTH  AT 
PLACE  OF  OBSERVATION 

28.0FBKT). 

NORTHERN 
SERVICE. 

SOUTHERN 
SERVICE. 

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JB 

MONTH. 

4 

f 

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i,  Medfor 
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January,  . 

35.4 

36.2 

36.6 

37.4 

37.5 

38.9 

37.9 

38.0 

February, 

35.4 

36.8 

37.6 

38.5 

36.4 

36.0 

38.0 

37.8 

March,      . 

37.1 

37.0 

37.8     I    38.5 

36.9 

38.6 

38.4 

38.9 

April, 

45.6 

43.4 

43.4 

43.4 

43.4 

43.4 

46.4 

46.2 

May,          . 

58.6 

57.0 

56.6 

56.1 

54.3 

53.1 

58.4 

58.3 

June,         . 

68.3 

66.5 

65.6 

62.0 

62.8 

64.9 

66.3 

67.3 

July, 

75.0 

74.6 

73.0 

64.3 

70.9 

71.5 

71.2 

74.5 

August,     . 

72.4 

72.7 

72.4         67.6 

68.8 

71.3 

72.4 

73.0 

September, 

66.9 

66.6 

66.6 

66.4 

65.3 

66.0" 

67.0 

67.3 

October,    . 

58.8 

58.1 

58.0 

58.1 

59.1 

59.0 

62.0 

60.9 

November, 

44.8 

44.5 

44.5 

44.5 

47.5 

46.1 

47.4 

48.2 

December, 

37.5 

36.0 

36.3 

36.5 

40.9 

39.0 

41.9 

42.2 

Mean, 

53.0 

52.5 

52.4 

51.1 

52.0 

52.3 

53.9 

54.4 

No.  57.] 


AXD    SEWERAGE   BOARD. 


215 


TABLE  Xo.  33.  —  Temperatures  of  the  Air  at  Three  Stations  on  the  Metropolitan 
Water  Works  in  1905. 

[Degrees  Fahrenheit.] 


MONTH. 

CHESTNUT  HILL 
RESERVOIR. 

FRAMINQHAM. 

CLINTON. 

1 

i 

i 

1 

j 

i 

1 

Maximum. 

Minimum. 

1 

January  

50.5 

—3.5 

23.5 

56.0 

—9.0 

22.8 

48.0 

-6.0 

20.6 

February,         .        .       . 

45.0 
71.5 
77.0 
85.0 
92.0 
95.5 
92.0 

—2.0 
9.0 
27.0 
32.5 
38.5 
50.0 
46.0 

21.2 
35.7 
47.9 
56.8 
64.8 
73.2 
68.4 

54.0 
09.0 
78.0 
83.0 
90.0 
93.0 
88.0 

—8.0 
5.0 
24.0 
29.0 
35.0 
50.0 
41.0 

20.7 
34.1 
48.2 
57.8 
63.9 
71.0 
66.8 

42.5 
69.0 
77.0 
81.0 
89.0 
90.0 
85.5 

-4.5 
7.0 
26.0 
32.0 
37.5 
50.0 
41.5 

17.9 
32.4 
45.4 
56.7 
64.2 
71.1 
65.9 

April  
Mav 

July 

August,     .... 

September, 

82.0 

•33.0 

61.9 

80.0 

30.0 

59.4 

77.0 

34.5 

59.8 

October  

80.0 

25.0 

52.5 

79.0 

20.0 

50.4 

81.5 

20.0 

50.4 

November,       .       . 

65.0 

12.0 

40.2 

66.0 

10.0 

36.9 

61.0 

11.5 

37.4 

December, 
Average,    . 

60.0 

9.0 

33.0 

58.0 

2.0 

30.9 

58.0 

—2.5 

29.9 

- 

- 

48.3 

- 

- 

46.8 

- 

- 

46.0 

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Total  length  in  use  January  1,  1906  (feet 
Total  valves  in  use  January  1,  1906,  . 

No.  57.]  AND    SEWERAGE   BOARD. 


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TABLE  No.  37.  —  Number  of  Service  Pipes,  Meters  and  Fire  Hydrants  in  the 
Several  Cities  and  Towns  supplied  by  the  Metropolitan  Water  Works. 


ClTT  OB  TOWN. 


Services. 


Meters. 


Fire 
Hydrants. 


Boston, 91,300 

Somerville, 11,279 

Maiden 6,829 

Chelsea, 6,423 

Everett 4,999 

Quincy, 5,641 

Medford 4,216 

Melrose, 3,354 

Revere 2,700 

Watertown 1,802 

Arlington, 1,894 

Milton 1,160 

Winthrop, 1,908 

Stoneham 1,275 

Beltnont, 710 

Lexington 685 

Nahant 400 

Swampscott, 1,219 

Total "~ 


4,963 
2,092 
5,332 

634 
92 

194 


1,687 

419 

1,160 


710 

15 
72 

17^976 


7,992 

1,001 

405 

306 

506 


120 
110 
160 
102 
67 
126 
13,492 


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AND   SEWERAGE  BOARD. 


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AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD. 


221 


APPENDIX   No.   4. 


WATER  WORKS  STATISTICS  FOR  THE  YEAR  1905. 

The  Metropolitan  Water  Works  supply  the  Metropolitan  Water  District, 
which  includes  the  following  cities  and  towns :  — 


CITY  OR  TOWN. 

Population, 
Census  of 
1905. 

CITY  OB  TOWN. 

Population, 
Census  of 
1905. 

595,380 

Watertown  

11,258 

69  272 

9  668 

Maiden         

38,037 

Milton,       ... 

7  054 

Chelsea,      

37,289 

Winthrop,         

7034 

Newton,1     

36,827 

6332 

29,111 

4,530 

28076 

Belmont 

4  360 

Medford,     

19,686 

922 

Hyde  Park,'       
Melrose  
Revere  

14,510 
14,295 
12,659 

Total  population  of  Metropoli- 
tan Water  District. 
Swampacott,2     

Saugus.s    

946,300 
5,141 
200 

1  No  water  supplied  to  these  places  during  the  year  from  Metropolitan  Water  Works. 

2  Not  in  the  Metropolitan  Water  District,  but  has  been  supplied  with  water  from  the  Metropolitan 
Water  Works. 

3  Only  a  small  portion  of  Saugus  is  supplied  with  water. 


Sources  of  Supply. 


SOURCE. 

Area  of 
Watershed 
(Square  Miles). 

Remarks. 

Lake  Cochituate  
Sudbury  River  
Nashua  River  (South  Branch),  . 

18.87 
75.20 
118.31 

Works  built  by  city  of  Boston  in  1848. 
Works  built  by  city  of  Boston  in  1872-78. 
Works  begun  in  1895;  not  finished. 

Mode  of  Supply. 
25  per  cent,  from  gravity. 
75  per  cent,  from  pumping. 


222 


METROPOLITAN   WATER 


[Pub.  Doc. 


Pumping. 
Chestnut  Hill  High-service  Station  :  — 

Builders  of  pumping  machinery,  Holly  Manufacturing  Company,  Quintard  Iron 
Works  and  E.  P.  Allis  Company. 

Description  of  coal  used :  —  Bituminous :  Quemahoning,  Priscilla  and  Georges 
Creek  Cumberland;  anthracite:  buckwheat  and  screenings.  Price  per  gross 
ton  in  bins:  bituminous  $4.12  to  $5.28,  buckwheat  $3.02  to  $3.58,  screenings 
$2.52.  Average  price  per  gross  ton  $ 3.93.  Per  cent,  ashes,  11.5. 

Chestnut  Hill  Low-service  Station :  — 

Builders  of  pumping  machinery,  Holly  Manufacturing  Company. 

Description  of  coal  used :  —  Bituminous  :  Quemahoning  and  Georges  Creek  Cum- 
berland ;  anthracite :  buckwheat.  Price  per  gross  ton  in  bins :  bituminous 
$3.98  to  $4.37,  buckwheat  $2.78  to  $3.26.  Average  price  per  gross  ton  $3.78. 
Percent,  ashes,  12.3. 


Spot  Pond  Station  :  — 
Builders  of  pumping  machineiy,  Geo.  F.  Blake  Manufacturing  Company  and 

Holly  Manufacturing  Company. 
Description  of  coal  used :  —  Bituminous :  Quemahoning ;  anthracite  :  buckwheat 

and  screenings.     Price  per  gross  ton  in  bins :   bituminous  $4.38,  buckwheat 

$3.75,  screenings  $2.24.    Average  price  per  gross  ton  $3.61.    Per  cent,  ashes, 

12.1. 


CHESTNUT  HILL  HIGH-SERVICE 
STATION. 

"$£" 

1  and  2. 

Engine 
No.  3. 

Engine 
No.  4. 

16,000,000 
1,985,452 
$9,311.51 

20,000,000 
424,881 
$2,090.02 

30,000,000 
8,505,184 
$26,766.67 

Cost  of  pumping,  figured  on  pumping  station  expenses, 

Total  pumpage  for  year,  corrected  for  slip  (million  gallons), 

1,381.48 

481.82 

10,564.86 

Average  dynamic  head  (feet)  

120.87 

128.01 

130.39 

Gallons  pumped  per  pound  of  coal  

695.80 
76,310,000 
$6.740 

1,134.01 

130,650,000 
$4.338 

1,242.17 
139,070,000 
$2.534 

Cost  per  million~gallonB  raised  to  reservoir,     

Cost  per  million  gallons  raised  one  foot  

0.056 

0.034 

0.019 

No.  57.] 


AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD. 


CHESTNUT  HILL 
LOW-SEKVICB 
STATION. 

SPOT  POND  STATION. 

Engines  NOB.  5, 
6  and  7. 

Engine  No.  8. 

Engine  No.  9. 

Daily  pumping  capacity  (gallons),  

105,000,000 
8,215,258 
$31,850.16 
20,104.86 
50.81 
2,447.26 
106,730,000 
$1.584 
0.031 

10,000,000 
190,381 
$1,217.28 
189.55 
119.05 
995.64 
100,770,000 
$6.422 
0.054 

20,000,000 
2,374,510 
$10,656.01 
2,818.20 
129.52 
1,186.86 
132,060,000 
$3.781 
0.029 

Cost  of  pumping,  figured  on  pumping  station  expenses, 

Total  pumpage  for  year,  corrected  for  slip  (million 
gallons). 

Duty  on  basis  of  plunger  displacement, 
Cost  per  million  gallons  raised  to  reservoir,  . 
Coat  per  million  gallons  raised  one  foot, 

Consumption. 

Estimated  total  population  of  the  nineteen  cities  and  towns  sup- 
plied wholly  or  partially  during  the  year  1905, ....  902,090 

Total  consumption,  gallons, 43,215,210,000 

Average  daily  consumption,  gallons, 118,398,000 

Gallons  per  day  to  each  inhabitant, 131.2 


Distribution. 


Owned  and 
operated 
by  Metropolitan 
Water  and 
Sewerage  Board. 

Total  in  District 
supplied 
by  Metropolitan 
Water  Works. 

_! 

_2 

60  to  6  inch. 

60  to  4  inch 

Extensions  less  length  abandoned,  mites,  ...... 

—  41 

83  80 

13.14 
1  520  95 

4 

360 

1  933 

147  794 

Meters  added,  
Meters  now  in  use  

- 

2,730 
17,976 
203 

13  492 

Cast-iron  and  cement-lined  wrought  iron.       -  Cast-iron,  cement-lined  wrought  iron  and  kalamine. 


224  METEOPOLITAN   WATER  [Pub.  Doc. 


APPENDIX  No.  5. 


SPECIAL  REGULATIONS  OP  THE  METROPOLITAN  WATER  AND  SEWERAGE 
BOARD  RELATING  TO  BOATING  AND  FISHING  IN  THE  WATERS  OF  LAKE 
COCHITCATE. 

Under  and  in  pursuance  of  Rule  14  of  the  rules  made  by  the  State  Board 
of  Health  on  January  1,  1899,  for  the  sanitary  protection  of  waters  used 
by  the  Metropolitan  Water  Board  for  the  water  supply  of  cities  and  towns 
in  the  Metropolitan  Water  District,  and  also  under  and  in  pursuance  of  the 
general  powers  and  authority  given  to  the  Metropolitan  Water  and  Sewer- 
age Board,  the  following  special  regulations  relative  to  boating  and  fishing 
in  the  waters  of  Lake  Cochituate  were  made  on  August  9,  1905,  and  De- 
cember 6,  1905  :  — 

I.  Special  Regulation  No.  1,  adopted  by  the  Metropolitan  Water  Board  on  June 
30,  1899,  under  and  in  pursuance  of  Rule  14  of  the  rules  made  by  the  State  Board 
of  Health  on  June  1, 1899,  for  the  sanitary  protection  of  waters  used  by  the  Metro- 
politan Water  Board,  and  under  and  in  pursuance  of  the  general  powers  and 
authority  given  to  the  Metropolitan  Water  Board,  which  special  regulation  was 
readopted  by  the  Metropolitan  Water  and  Sewerage  Board  on  May  10,  1901,  is 
hereby  rescinded,  so  far  as  it  applies  to  fishing  and  boating  in  the  waters  of  Lake 
Cochituate,  after  December  31,  1905,  and  the  permission   therein  given   shall^ 
beginning  with  January  1,  1906,  and  until  further  order,  be  to  fish  and  boat  only 
in  or  upon  the  waters  of  Farm  Pond  and  Whitehall  Reservoir,  subject  to  the  limi- 
tations and  conditions  in  said  regulations  contained. 

II.  No  permission  is  given  after  December  31,  1905,  to  fish  or  boat  in  the 
waters  of  that  portion  of  Lake  Cochituate,  which  is  situated  northerly  of  the 
county  I'oad  known  as  Lake  Avenue. 

III.  Permission  is  given  during  the  season  beginning  with  April  1  and  ending 
with  September  20,  until  further  order,  to  fish  from  the  highway  and  in  boats 
which  have  been  duly  registered  and  numbered  in  accordance  with  the  require- 
ments of  the  Metropolitan  Water  and  Sewerage  Board,  in  that  portion  of  the 
waters  of  Lake  Cochituate  which  is  situated  southerly  of  the  county  road  known 
as  Lake  Avenue  ;  and  permission  is  also  given  to  enter  from  the  highway  and  fish 
through  the  ice  in  said  portion  of  the  waters  of  Lake  Cochituate,  subject  in  both 
cases  to  the  following  limitations  and  conditions  :  — 

(a)  No  fish,  food  or  other  matter  tending  to  pollute  the  water  shall  be  thrown 
into  the  water  or  left  upon  the  shores. 


No.  57.]  AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD.  225 

(6)  No  tin  cans  or  bait  boxes  shall  be  thrown  into  the  water  or  left  upon  the 
shores. 

(c)  No  person  shall  build  any  fire  upon  the  shores  or  other  land  belonging  to 
the  Commonwealth  or  upon  the  ice  of  the  lake. 

(d)  Care  shall  be  taken  not  to  disturb  the  gravel  or  stone  protection  around  the 


(e)  In  case  fishing  is  carried  on  through  the  ice,  no  person  shall  throw  or  leave 
upon  the  ice  any  fish,  bait,  food  or  other  matter  tending  to  pollute  the  water. 

(/)  No  permission  is  given  to  fish  from  the  shores  at  places  other  than  the 
highway. 

IV.  Permission  is  given,  in  the  year  1906  and  until  further  order,  during  the 
season  beginning  with  April  1  and  ending  with  September  20,  to  boat  in  and  upon 
that  portion  of  the  waters  of  Lake  Cochituate  which  is  situated  southerly  from 
the  county  road  in  Natick  known  as  Lake  Avenue,  in  boats  which  have  been  duly 
registered  and  numbered  in  accordance  with  the  requirements  of  the  Metropolitan 
Water  and  Sewerage  Board ;  but  such  permission  shall  apply  only  when  one  of 
the  occupants  of  the  boat  is  duly  licensed  by  the  said  Board  to  use  and  operate  a 
boat  upon  said  lake.  Such  permission  is  subject  to  the  limitations  and  conditions 
set  forth  in  the  rules  for  registi'ation  and  licensing  adopted  by  said  Board. 


226 


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[Pub.  Doc. 


APPENDIX  N  o.   6. 


CONTRACTS  MADE  AND  PENDING  DURING  THE  YEAR  1905  —  SEWERAGE  WORKS. 

Contracts  relating  to  the  South  Metropolitan  System, 


1. 

Num- 
ber 
of  Con- 
tract. 

2. 

WORK. 

3. 

Num- 
ber of 
Bids. 

AMOUNT  OP  BID. 

6. 

Contractor. 

4. 

Next  to  Low- 
eat. 

5. 

Lowest. 

16 

Section  77,  High-level 
Sewer,  Roxbury,  pump- 
ing plant  for  Ward  Street 
pumping  station. 

3 

$207,000  00 

$204,000  00 

Allis-Chalmers   Co.,  Mil- 
waukee,  Wis. 

7. 

Date 
of  Contract. 

8. 

Date  of 
Completion  of 
Work. 

9. 

Prices  of  Principal  Items  of 
Contracts  made  in  1905. 

10. 

Value  of  Work 
done  Decem- 
ber 31,  1905. 

Jan.  17,  '02, 

- 

- 

$153,000  00 

Xo.  57.]  AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD.  227 


APTEXDIX   No.  7. 


COMMONWEALTH   OF  MASSACHUSETTS. 

SUPREME  JUDICIAL  COURT. 
SUFFOLK,  ss  IN  EQUITY. 

HENRY  H.  SPRAGUE,  HENRY  P.  WALCOTT  AND  JAMES  A.  BAILEY,  JR., 
METROPOLITAN  WATER  AND  SEWERAGE  BOARD,  Petitioners. 

[In  re  THE  SOUTH  METROPOLITAN  SEWERAGE  SYSTEM,  St.  1899,  c.  424.} 

REPORT  AND  AWARD. 

The  Commissioners  appointed  in  the  above  case,  after  due  notice,  met 
the  attorneys,  solicitors  and  representatives  of  the  several  cities  and  towns 
named  in  the  petition,  and  fully  heard  such  evidence  and  arguments  as 
were  offered  and  made  in  behalf  of  each  city  and  town,  and  now,  after 
careful  consideration  of  the  same,  award,  determine  and  report  to  the 
Court  as  follows  :  — 

The  petition  is  a  petition  for  the  appointment  of  commissioners  under 
the  provisions  of  section  16  of  chapter  424  of  the  Acts  of  the  year  1899, 
being  entitled  "An  Act  to  provide  for  the  construction  of  a  high-level 
gravity  sewer  for  the  relief  of  the  Charles  and  Neponset  River  valleys," 
to  determine  the  proportion  in  which  each  of  the  cities  and  towns  compris- 
ing said  system  shall  annually  pay  money  into  the  treasury  of  the  Com- 
monwealth for  the  term  of  five  years,  to  meet  the  interest  and  sinking  fund 
requirements  for  each  of  said  years  as  estimated  by  the  Treasurer,  and 
to  meet  the  cost  of  maintenance  and  operation  of  said  system  for  each  of 
said  years  as  estimated  by  the  said  Board  and  certified  to  said  Treasurer, 
and  any  deficiency  in  the  amount  previously  paid  in,  as  found  by  said 
Treasurer. 

There  have  been  four  Boards  of  Commissioners  previously  appointed  by 
this  Court  to  determine  the  proportion  in  which  the  several  cities  and  towns 
should  bear  the  costs  of  construction,  maintenance  and  operation  of  the 


228  METROPOLITAN   WATER  [Pub.  Doc. 

Metropolitan   sewers,   under   statutes  substantially  similar  to  the   act  in 
question. 

The  first  Board  was  appointed  in  May,  1891,  and  made  its  report  in 
November,  1891,  in  which  the  Commissioners  say:  — 

We  have  come  to  the  conclusion  that  there  is,  upon  the  whole,  no  method  more 
just  and  equitable  than  to  apportion  the  payments  on  account  of  the  interest  and 
sinking  fund  requirements  of  the  loan  which  represents  the  first  cost  of  the  sys- 
tems with  primary  reference  to  the  total  taxable  valuations  of  the  several  cities 
and  towns ;  and  the  payments  on  account  of  the  cost  of  maintenance  and  opera- 
tion with  primary  reference  to  their  respective  populations. 

The  second  Board  was  appointed  in  October,  1895,  and  made  its  report 
in  October,  1896,  adopting  the  same  basis  for  the  apportionment,  and 
say:  — 

We  have  been  unable  to  find,  upon  the  whole,  any  better  measure  of  the  ability 
and  duty  to  contribute  to  the  cost  of  public  works  of  this  character  than  the  taxable 
valuations  of  the  several  cities  and  towns  which  compose  the  districts  for  whose 
common  welfare  these  systems  were  created,  or  any  better  measures  of  the  use 
enjoyed  and  the  benefits  received  by  the  several  municipalities  than  the  number 
of  persons  who  dwell  within  their  respective  limits. 

The  third  Board  was  appointed  in  March,  1900,  being  the  first  appor- 
tionment made  for  the  South  Metropolitan  System,  and  in  the  report  the 
Commissioners  say :  — 

There  does  not  seem,  on  the  whole,  to  be  any  fairer  method  of  assessing  the 
cost  of  construction  of  great  public  undertakings  of  this  kind  than  that  of  assess- 
ing such  cost  on  the  various  cities  and  towns  according  to  their  taxable  valuation. 
On  the  other  hand,  it  is  undoubtedly  true  that  after  construction  the  use  made  of 
the  sewerage  system  by  each  city  and  town  depends  upon  the  number  of  inhabit- 
ants in  such  city  or  town;  and,  as  the  cost  of  maintenance  and  operation  is 
directly  proportional  to  the  amount  of  sewage  discharged,  i.e.,  the  use  made  of  the 
system,  it  would  seem  that  the  basis  o-f  population  would  be  a  just  and  equitable 
method  of  assessing  such  expense. 

The  fourth  Board  was  appointed  in  May,  1901,  for  the  North  Metro- 
politan System,  and  made  its  report,  in  which  the  Commissioners  say  :  — 

We  have  been  urged  by  the  representatives  of  several  municipalities  to  adopt  a 
different  method  of  distribution  than  that  followed  by  the  Commissioners  who 
have  previously  made  the  apportionment ;  but  the  weight  of  opinion  expressed  at 
the  hearings  was  very  clearly  in  favor  of  continuing  the  methods  hitherto  adopted, 


No.  57.]  AND  SEWERAGE   BOAED.  229 

and  in  our  judgment,  particularly  in  view  of  precedent,  the  weight  of  argument 
demands  such  course.  We  are  satisfied  that  the  plan  adopted  accomplishes  sub- 
stantial justice  in  the  distribution  of  the  burden  in  accordance  with  the  benefits 
received. 

All  of  these  reports  were  accepted  by  the  Court,  and  the  basis  of  ap- 
portionment approved. 

While  we  do  not  feel  bound  absolutely  by  the  rule  or  basis  of  apportion- 
ment thus  adopted,  and  should  feel  at  liberty  to  correct  any  errors  which  the 
practical  working  of  the  rule  might  seem  to  us  to  require,  or  to  deal  with  any 
new  condition  of  things  arising  since  the  other  apportionments  were  made, 
still,  we  cannot  but  feel  that  a  rule  thus  adopted  by  four  different  Boards 
after  full  hearing  and  trial,  and  approved  and  sanctioned  by  this  Court  and 
acted  on  by  all  and  acquiesced  in  by  at  least  a  very  large  majority  of  the 
municipalities  affected  for  so  many  years,  ought  not  to  be  departed  from 
except  for  the  strongest  reasons. 

In  the  apportionment  of  the  payments  of  the  money  needed  to  meet  the 
requirements  of  the  statute  in  question  among  the  municipalities  named  in 
the  act,  it  is  manifest  that  any  rule  or  basis  adopted  must  be  general  in  its 
application,  to  avoid  any  question  of  favoritism  to  any  particular  locality 
arising  under  it;  and  must  be  made,  too,  so  far  as  possible,  with  due  regard 
to  the  rules  and  the  general  system  or  methods  of  taxation  adopted  and 
sanctioned  by  the  laws  of  the  Commonwealth. 

At  the  hearings  before  us  the  towns  of  Brookline  and  Milton  both  ob- 
jected to  an  apportionment  based  on  the  assessed  valuation  of  the  towns  for 
the  construction  of  the  sewer,  but  made  no  objection  to  the  basis  of  popu- 
lation for  the  cost  of  its  maintenance  and  operation.  Both  of  these  towns 
are  wealthy,  residential  towns,  and  the  assessed  valuation  of  each  is  large 
in  proportion  to  its  area  and  population,  — very  much  larger  than  that  of 
any  other  city  or  town  in  the  District ;  and  it  was  urged  upon  us  with  a 
good  deal  of  zeal  and  earnestness  that,  because  of  this  large  valuation,  any 
apportionment  made  on  the  basis  of  it  would  work  injustice  and  be  inequi- 
table and  unjust  to  these  towns. 

We  have  examined  the  claims  thus  made,  aud  we  have  examined  also 
much  of  the  evidence,  arguments  and  suggestions  made  to  the  Commis- 
sioners who  made  the  awards  above  referred  to ;  but  we  are  unable  to  find 
that  the  claims  made  in  behalf  of  these  towns  are  well  founded,  or  that 
either  town  has  any  just  cause  of  complaint.  On  the  contrary,  we  are 
clearly  of  the  opinion  that  the  basis  of  assessed  valuation  for  the  cost  of 
construction  and  population  as  a  basis  for  the  cost  of  maintenance  and 
operation,  while  open,  of  course,  to  some  criticisms,  approximates  more 
nearly  to  a  just  and  equitable  apportionment  than  any  other  basis  or  method 


230  METROPOLITAN   WATER  [Pub.  Doc. 

suggested  or  which  has  occurred  to  us.  The  rule  is  simple,  plain  and 
practicable,  easily  understood  and  easily  applied,  and  accords  most  nearly 
with  our  established  principles  of  taxation ;  and  we  accordingly  adopt  this 
rule  in  making  the  apportionment. 

The  valuations  set  forth  in  the  tables  are  published  in  chapter  178  of  the 
Acts  of  1904,  and  involve  real  and  personal  estate,  bank  stock  and  ship- 
ping, and  are  the  valuations  used  in  assessing  the  State  tax.  For  all  of 
the  contributing  municipalities  except  Boston  and  Dedham  the  whole  valua- 
tion of  the  city  or  town  has  been  used.  In  Boston  the  South  Metropolitan 
District  embraces  all  of  the  Brighton  District  and  parts  of  the  Back  Bay, 
Roxbury,  "West  Roxbury  and  Dorchester  districts.  In  the  town  of  Dedham 
a  small  area  of  the  southerly  corner  adjacent  to  the  Neponset  River  is 
excluded.  The  valuation  of  the  parts  of  Boston  included  in  the  district 
and  of  the  parts  of  Dedham  not  excluded  were  compiled  by  or  under  the 
direction  of  the  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Metropolitan  Water  and  Sewerage 
Board,  and  were  assumed  by  all  parties  to  be  correct. 

In  the  table  of  population  the  census  determinations  of  1900  are  taken 
for  all  the  cities  and  towns  except  Boston,  and  for  those  of  Boston  included 
in  the  District  they  are  compiled  from  official  sources  under  the  direction  of 
the  Chief  Engineer,  and  are  correct. 

The  counsel  for  the  town  of  "Watertown  asked  us  to  exclude  one  hundred 
and  five  acres  in  the  northwesterly  and  northerly  part  of  the  town,  with  a 
valuation  of  $219,750  and  a  population  of  333,  from  the  valuation  and 
population  in  making  the  apportionment,  on  the  ground  that  this  area 
cannot  be  drained  into  the  South  Metropolitan  System  without  great  ex- 
pense, and  on  the  further  ground  that  the  town  has  applied  to  the  Legisla- 
ture for  the  admission  of  that  part  of  the  town  into  the  North  System ;  but, 
as  the  territory  in  question  still  lies  in  and  forms  a  part  of  the  South  Dis- 
trict, we  have  not  excluded  it. 

No  other  city  or  town  made  any  objection  or  suggested  any  change  in 
the  method  of  apportionment,  although  each  city  and  town  was  represented 
before  us  by  counsel  at  nearly  all  of  the  hearings  held. 

1.  Interest  and  Sinking  Fund  Requirements. — "We  therefore  deter- 
mine and  award  that  the  several  cities  and  towns  in  the  South  Metropolitan 
District  shall  annually  pay  money  into  the  treasury  of  the  Commonwealth 
for  the  term  of  five  years,  1905  to  1909,  both  inclusive,  to  meet  the  inter- 
est and  sinking  fund  requirements  for  each  of  said  years,  as  estimated  by 
said  Treasurer,  of  the  Metropolitan  Sewerage  Loan  authorized  and  issued 
for  the  construction  of  said  South  Metropolitan  System,  including  the  in- 
terest and  sinking  fund  requirements  of  the  former  Charles  River  valley 
and  Neponset  valley  systems,  so  called,  and  any  deficiency  in  the  amount 


Xo.  57.] 


AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD. 


231 


previously  paid  in,  as  found  by  said  Treasurer,  in  the  proportions  in  the 
right-hand  column  of  the  following  table  :  — 

Table  showing  the  Proportions  in  which  the  Several  Cities  and  Towns  in  the  South 
Metropolitan  System  shall  pay  Money  to  meet  the  Interest  and  Sinking  Fund 
Requirements  under  St.  1899,  c.  424. 


CITY  OB  TOWN. 

Valuation. 

Proportion 
(PerCent). 

Waltham  

$23,297,415 
12  921  271 

4.95 
2  74 

71  356,289 

15  16 

f  Brighton  District          

$34,744,400 

37  160  800 

Boston    •{  Roxbury  District,        

38,470,750 

|  West  Roxbury  District  
(.  Dorchester  District  

Total  for  Boston  

35,322,200 
42,529,800 

188,227,950 
102,306  308 

39.98 
21.73 

Dedham          

10,965,988 

2.33 

Milton  

25,435,822 
23  894,528 

5.40 

5.07 

Total         '  . 

$470,820,902 

100.00 

2.  Cost  of  Maintenance  and  Operation. — "We  determine  and  award 
that  the  several  cities  and  towns  in  the  South  Metropolitan  System  shall 
annually  pay  money  into  the  treasury  of  the  Commonwealth  for  the  term  of 
five  years,  1905  to  1909,  both  inclusive,  to  meet  the  cost  of  maintenance 
and  operation  of  said  systems  for  each  of  said  years,  as  estimated  by  the 
Metropolitan  "Water  and  Sewerage  Board  and  certified  to  said  Treasurer, 
and  any  deficiency  in  the  amount  previously  paid  in,  as  found  by  said 
Treasurer,  in  the  proportion  shown  in  the  following  table :  — 


232 


METROPOLITAN   WATER 


[Pub.  Doc. 


Table  showing  .the  Proportions  in  which  the  Cities  and  Towns  in  the  South  Metro- 
politan System  shall  annually  pay  Money  to  meet  the  Cost  of  Maintenance 
and  Operation  of  Said  System  under  St.  1899,  c.  424. 


CITY  OB  TOWN.                                                 Population. 
1900. 

Proportion 
(PerCent.). 

19,279 
17,534 
27,760 
23,603 
31,745 

23,481 
9,706 
33,587 

119,921 
19,935 
7,457 
13,244 

6,578 
23,899 
257,808 

9.11 
3.76 
13.03 

46.52 
7.73 
2.89 
5.14 
2.55 
9.27 
100.00 

1  Back  Bay  District,         

|  Went  Roxbury  District  

Dedham 

Hyde  Park  

Milton         

Total                            .                                                        ... 

PATRICK   H.    COONEY, 
OSCAR  A.   MARDEN, 
NATHANIEL  N.   JONES, 

Apportionment  Commissioners. 


BOSTON,  June  9, 1905. 


No.  57.]        AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD.  233 


APPENDIX    No. 


LEGISLATION    OF    THE    YEAR  .1905    AFFECTING    THE 
METROPOLITAN  WATER  AND   SEWERAGE   BOARD. 


ACTS    OP    1905. 

[CHAPTER  211.] 
AN  ACT  TO  ESTABLISH  A  NEW  FISCAL  YEAR  FOR  THE  COMMONWEALTH. 

Be  it  enacted,  etc.,  as  follows: 

SECTION  1.  The  fiscal  year  of  all  offices,  departments,  The  fiscal  year 
boards,  commissions,  hospitals,  asylums,  charitable,  penal  and  monwea^th  to 
reformatory  institutions  of  the  Commonwealth  shall  begin  with  befT,  etc?6™ 
the  first  day  of  December  and  end  with  the  following  thirtieth 
day  of  November,  and  all  books  and  accounts  therein  shall  be 
kept  by  fiscal  years  as  herein  established,  and  the  annual  re- 
ports of  all  officers,  trustees,  boards  and  commissions,  except 
the  report  of  the  insurance  commissioner  and  except  those 
reports  otherwise  provided  for  in  this  act,  shall  be  made  to  the 
governor  and  council,  or  to  the  general  court,  as  now  required 
by  law,  except  that  they  shall  be  made  on  or  before  the  third 
Wednesday  in  January,  anything  in  any  general  or  special 
statute  now  existing  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding.  Such 
reports  shall  be  deposited  with  the  secretary  of  the  Common- 
wealth, who  shall  transmit  them  to  the  governor  and  council  or 
to  the  general  court.  The  financial  statements  now  required  by 
law  to  be  included  therein  shall  be  made  for  the  fiscal  year  as 
herein  established.  The  annual  meetings  of  trustees  of  state 
institutions  and  of  state  boards,  at  which  financial  statements 
are  required  by  law  to  be  presented,  shall  be  held  in  the  month 
of  December  in  each  year. 

SECTION  14.  This  act  shall  take  effect  on  the  thirty-first 
day  of  December  in  the  year  nineteen  hundred  and  five. 
[Approved  March  23,  1905. 


234  METROPOLITAN   WATER     [Pub.  Doc. 


[CHAPTER  214.] 

AN   ACT    MAKING    AN    APPROPRIATION    FOR    OPERATING   THE    SOUTH 
METROPOLITAN   SYSTEM   OF  SEWAGE   DISPOSAL. 

Be  it  enacted,  etc.,  as  follows : 

SECTION  1 .  A  sum  not  exceeding  one  hundred  and  f  orty- 
dispeo!ai!e  four  tnousand  nine  hundred  and  twenty  dollars  is  hereby  appro- 
priated, to  be  paid  out  of  the  South  Metropolitan  System  Main- 
tenance Fund,  for  the  cost  of  maintenance  and  operation  of  the 
south  metropolitan  system  of  sewage  disposal,  comprising  a 
part  of  Boston,  the  cities  of  Newton,  Quincy  and  Waltham, 
and  the  towns  of  Brookline,  Watertown,  Dedham,  Hyde  Park 
and  Milton,  during  the  year  ending  on  the  thirty-first  day  of 
December,  nineteen  hundred  and  five. 

SECTION  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage 
[Approved  March  24,  1905. 


[CHAPTER  215.] 

AN    ACT    MAKING    AN    APPROPRIATION   FOR    OPERATING    THE   NORTH 
METROPOLITAN   SYSTEM  OF   SEWAGE   DISPOSAL. 

Be  it  enacted)  etc.,  as  follows : 

SECTION  1.  A  sum  not  exceeding  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
seven  thousand  dollars  is  hereby  appropriated,  to  be  paid  out 
of  the  North  Metropolitan  System  Maintenance  Fund  for  the 
maintenance  and  operation  of  the  system  of  sewage  disposal  for 
the  cities  and  towns  included  in  what  is  known  as  the  north 
metropolitan  system,  during  the  year  ending  on  the  thirty-first 
day  of  December,  nineteen  hundred  and  five. 

SECTION  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 
[Approved  March  24,  1905. 


[CHAPTER  457.] 

AN  ACT  RELATIVE  TO  ASSESSMENTS  UPON  CITIES  AND  TOWNS  IN  THE 
METROPOLITAN   WATER,   SEWERAGE   AND   PARK   DISTRICTS. 

Be  it  enacted,  etc.,  as  follows: 

Assessments  SECTION  1.  In  case  any  apportionment  for  assessment  upon 
th?Mfe^pou  tne  cities  and  towns  of  either  the  metropolitan  water,  sewerage 
eewCTage  and  or  Park  Districts  sna11  not  nave  been  finally  determined  by  July 
park  districts.  grst  of  any  year,  the  last  apportionment  thereof  shall  remain  in 


No.  57.]        AXD   SEWERAGE   BOARD.  235 

force  for.  the  purpose  of  assessment  during  such  current  year. 
Any  difference  between  such  apportionment  when  finally  made 
by  the  commission,  for  such  year,  and  the  preexisting  appor- 
tionment above  referred  to,  shall  be  adjusted  with  such  city  or 
town  by  the  treasurer  and  receiver  general  in  the  assessment  of 
the  succeeding  year  by  a  deduction  therefrom  or  an  addition 
thereto,  as  may  be  required  to  give  effect  to  the  said  apportion- 
ment when  made  as  aforesaid. 

SECTION  2.     This  act   shall   take  effect   upon   its    passage. 
[Ap2)roved  May  25,  1905. 


[CHAPTER  466.] 

AN  ACT  TO  AUTHORIZE  THE  BOSTON  ELEVATED  RAILWAY  COMPANY 
TO  CONSTRUCT  A  SUBWAY  OR  SUBWAYS  IN  THE  CITY  OF  CAM- 
BRIDGE. 

Be  it  enacted,  etc.,  as  follows : 

SECTION  10.  Upon  the  written  request  of  the  company,  the  Pipes,  etc. 
city  shall  order  the  temporary  or  permanent  removal  or  reloca-  removed, 
tion  of  any  surface  tracks,  conduits,  pipes,  wires,  poles,  or 
other  property  of  the  Commonwealth,  or  of  any  person  or  cor- 
poration except  the  city  or  the  company,  which  the  company 
deems  to  interfere  with  the  construction  or  operation  of  the 
subway  or  subways,  and  the  city  shall  grant  new  locations  for 
any  such  structures  previously  having  locations.  Such  order,  to 
the  extent  specified  therein,  shall  be  deemed  a  revocation  of  the 
right  or  license  to  maintain  such  surface  tracks,  conduits,  wires, 
pipes,  poles  or  other  property,  and  the  owner  of  any  such 
structures  in  public  ways  or  lands  shall  comply  with  such  order 
without  expense  to  the  company.  If  such  owner  shall  fail  to 
comply  with  such  order  within  a  reasonable  time  to  be  fixed 
therein,  the  company  may  remove  such  surface  tracks,  conduits, 
pipes,  wires,  poles  or  other  property,  and  may  relocate  and 
reconstruct  the  same,  and  the  cost  of  such  removal,  relocation 
and  reconstruction  shall  be  repaid  to  the  company  by  the  owner. 
No  such  discontinuance,  removal  or  relocation  shall  entitle  the 
owner  of  the  property  thus  affected  to  any  damages  on  account 
thereof.  The  removal  and  relocation  of  any  property  of  the 
Commonwealth  shall  be  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  board 
having  charge  thereof,  and  at  the  expense  of  the  company. 
Any  gas  or  electric  lighting  company  may  shut  off  the  gas  or 


236  WATER  AND  SEWERAGE  BOARD.    [P.  D.  No.  57. 

current  from  any  pipes  or  wires  affected  byfany  action  done 
hereunder,  when  and  so  far  as  may  be  necessary  to  avoid  the 
escape  or  explosion  of  gas,  or  to  avoid  other  public  danger. 
Temporary  locations  shall  be  granted  on  request  of  the  com- 
pany, for  any  surface  tracks  owned  or  operated  by  it ;  and,  as 
soon  as  the  state  of  the  work  permits  the  same  may  be  re- 
stored to  the  original  locations  as  nearly  as  may  be. 

[Approved  May  26,  1905. 


[CHAPTEK  55.] 

RESOLVE  IN  FAVOR  OF  MICHAEL  MORGAN. 
Resolved,  That  there  be  allowed  and  paid  out  of  the  Metro- 
politan Water  Maintenance  Fund  the  sum  of  six  hundred  and 
fifty  dollars  to  Michael  Morgan  of  Natick,  an  employee  of  the 
metropolitan  water  and  sewerage  board,  on  account  of  the  death 
of  his  daughter,  Mary  Morgan,  ten  years  of  age,  who  was 
drowned  on  the  twenty-seventh  day  of  July  in  the  year  nineteen 
hundred  and  three,  by  falling  into  the  Sudbury  aqueduct  of  the 
metropolitan  water  works  in  the  town  of  Natick  through  a  trap 
door  which  was  negligently  left  open  by  employees  of  the  Com- 
monwealth. [Approved  April  21,  1905. 


INDEX  TO  LEGISLATION  or  THE  YEAE  1905 


AFFECTING  THE 


METROPOLITAN  WATER  AND  SEWERAGE  BOARD. 


A. 

APPROPRIATIONS.  Chap.  Sect. 

North  Metropolitan  System  of  Sewage  Disposal,  for  maintenance  of,  .        .      215  1 

South  Metropolitan  System  of  Sewage  Disposal,  for  maintenance  of,  .       .      214  1 

ASSESSMENTS. 

apportionment  of,  not  determined  by  July  1,  relative  to, 457        1 

B. 

BOSTON  ELEVATED  RAILWAY. 

may  remove  pipes,  etc.,  in  construction  of  subway  in  Cambridge,    .        .        .      460      10 

C. 

CITIES  AND  TOWNS. 

apportionment  of  assessments  not  determined  July  1,  relative  to,  .        .      457        1 

M. 

METROPOLITAN  DISTRICT. 

assessment  on  cities  and  towns  in,  relative  to 457        1 

METROPOLITAN  WATER  MAINTENANCE  FUND. 

payment  from,  to  Michael  Morgan Resolves,        55 

MORGAN,  MICHAEL. 

payment  to,  in  re  death  of  his  daughter,      .        .        .       .       «         Resolves,        55 

N. 

NORTH  METROPOLITAN  SYSTEM  OP  SEWAGE   DISPOSAL. 

appropriation  for  operation,  etc.,  of, 215        1 

P. 

PIPES. 

removal,  etc.,  of,  in  construction  of  subway  in  Cambridge 466      10 

S. 

SOUTH   METROPOLITAN  SYSTEM  OP  SEWAGE   DISPOSAL. 

appropriation  for  operation,  etc.,  of 214        1 

SUBWAY  IN  CAMBRIDGE. 

pipes,  etc.,  of  Commonwealth,  may  be  removed  in  construction  of,  .        .        .      466      10 


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